cant log in at all

[Donny George]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM, David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 15:09 +0200, Donny George wrote:
> > hello
> >
> > i am working on an ubuntu 8.04 with gnome desktop and as part of
> > running a software called COMSOL i had to install the XFree86. the
> > command i used was
> > sh Xinstall.sh
> >
> > and i had many tar.gz files installed once i put in the command
> > mentioned earlier, like Xman.tar.gz, Xdoc.tar.gz, Xlib.tar.gz etc
> >
> > and once i restarted i dont even get the log in screen. but i do get
> > the text mode.
> >
> > is there any way to return to the previous settings like we do in
> > windows.
> >
> > or is there at all any way to return to my previous desktop.
> >
> > i tried some links and did the command
> >
> > apt-get remove x-window-system-core
> >
> > it returned an error
> >
> > Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >
> > can anyone someone tell me how to get to my desktop please
> >
> > thnx for all the help
> >
> > donny
> >
>
> If I get this straight, you've installed XFree86 from a tarball over
> Xorg for the purposes of running COMSOL. You've lost GDM (graphical
> login) but can login to a console.
>
> At the console prompt type in 'startx' and see what happens.  I can't
> help you with XFree86 as I have not used it proper since the xorg fork.
>
> Are you aware that xorg is a fork of XFree86 4.4 RC2 and is what ships
> with all ubuntu flavors? I.E. they're pretty much the same thing.
>
> Are you sure you need to install XFree86 to run COMSOL?
>
> Installing XFree86 on top of xorg (to me) is problematic as they may or
> may not share the same files.
>
> I would suggest the best way to go would be to install ubuntu CLI only
> (command line interface) and then proceed to install XFree86 on top of
> that thereby rolling out your own GUI.
>
> Dave
>
>
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hello


thnx for the reply

i only want to get my gnome desktop working and runniing like earlier, is
there any way to roll back to the eearlier state, i dont want free86 at all

donny
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