Desktop Activation

[Ed Smits]

What exactly do you mean by "I downloaded the software and created a boot CD"?

Did you download an iso file or something else? If so, did you burn
the iso as an image or as a data disk that you made bootable?


ED

On 6/22/07, Lars Ewell <lewell at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
>
> To Whom it May Concern,
>
>   I have been attempting to get ubuntu going
> here, but have run into difficulties.  I downloaded
> the software and created a boot CD, and
> then attempted to boot my x86 intel machine
> with the CD.
>
>   I first got a ubuntu desktop that prompted me
> for a username and password, which I did not
> have.
>
>   I then rebooted again, and was launched into
> an active linux terminal, but there is no desktop.
> i.e. just a line prompt but nothing else, no windows.
> I attempted to initiate the gnome desktop via a
> 'gnome-session' command, but that did not work.
> I got an error that referenced 'ELF'.
>
>   Does anyone know how to initiate a desktop
> with ubuntu?
>
>   Thanks in advance.
>
>   regards,
>
>   Lars Ewell
>
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