ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 66, Issue 187

[Seth]

When you reach aitch at aitch-laptop: ~$, try typing "startx" without quotes.
This should get you to the Ubuntu Desktop, if not, you'll most likely get
some type of error, post whatever error you get here (if you get one), I
want to see it.

--
Seth Hoogeboom



On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Rafiq Hajat <ipi.malawi at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Subject: Re: Login screen disappeared - karmic
> > To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
> >        <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID:
> >        <36dec4ff1002140603i3fe0f0dcg1534f8a75e65522f at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 05:47, Rafiq Hajat <ipi.malawi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi guys,
> >> I desperately need your help. I've lost my log in screen and cant boot
> >> into my gui. This has happened immediately after I installed Bit
> >> Defender and rebooted.
> >> I dont get any GRUB screen or restore options...all that happens is
> >> the boot sequence seems to proceed with the ubuntu logo onscreen and
> >> then goes blank and shows my terminal command line i.e. aitch-laptop
> >> login - at which point I enter my password and I don't know what to do
> >> from thereon.
> >> I have an urgent deadline to meet and must access my working files
> >> today and complete the assignment.
> >> I'm using puppy on the same laptop to communicate with you in the hope
> >> that you will be kind enough to shed some some light on my quandary.
> >> Thanks very much!
> >
> > First of all, now is when you realize that you should really learn how
> > to use something other than a point and click interface in Linux.
> > Linux is built around the shell, with the GUI as a convenience placed
> > on top, unlike certain other Operating Systems that integrate the GUI
> > into the OS itself.
> >
> > If you don't know how to use the command line, terminal, shell in
> > Linux, then you're only half way there.
> >
> > NOW...
> >
> > You say it takes you to a command line, you enter your password, and
> > don't know what to do from there...
> >
> > the first thing to do would be to run "startx" and see if the GUI
> > launches at all.  If not, what errors are you seeing?
> >
> > You can also look in /var/log for the files "messages" and something
> > like "Xorg.0.log"
> >
> > To get there, you need to change directories "cd /var/log"
> >
> > and to look at the files, use less "less messages" or "less
> > Xorg.0.log" which lets you read the files and navigate them with the
> > arrow keys.  protip: when you're done, press q to quit.
> >
> > that should give you some idea as to what is going on, whether X is
> > not starting and you're being dumped to a terminal, or something else
> > is happening.
> >
> > The REAL question, however, is what does bitdefender have to do with
> > it anyway?  Bitdefender is a windows AV program.
> >
> > How are your Linux filesystems formatted?  Are they accessible from
> > within Linux?
> >
> >
> >
> >Dear Mike,
> thanks for making the effort to reply to my plea....in response I
> offer the following:
> 1) You're absolutely right, I have to to wean myself away from point
> and click ...and veer more towards learning my way around
> Linux...indeed, I think I'm a lot less than halfway there yet and have
> a long way to go;
> 2) I'll follow your advice, and see what startx brings up on the screen;
> 3) Why Bitdefender? Well, I'm sick and tired of having to manually
> clean up my flashdrives whenever they've visited a Windows PC (the
> rate of infection's worse that AIDS!!), so I thought that having a
> scanner to remodel the crap would be a useful tool to have and
> followed online instructions on how to install Bitdefender on
> Karmic...well you know the rest.
> 4) My Linux systems were set up by a clean install from a Karmic DVD
> which I instructed to use the entire drive for the purpose, I thus
> have no other partititions or filesystems aside from the default
> (which I think is now ext 4?) and yes, they are accessible from Linux.
>
> 5) At this juncture, allow me to show you what I see on my screen in
> sequence:
>
> Grub Loading
> Ubuntu Logo
> Ubuntu 9.10 aitch-laptop tty1
> aitch-laptop login: (I enter my username & password)
> Last login: Sun Feb 14, 12:15:54 CAT 2010 on tty1
> Linux aitch-laptop 2.6.3`-19-generic #56-UBUNTU SMP Thu Jan 28
> 01:26:53 UTC 2010 i 686
>
> aitch at aitch-laptop: ~$
>
> That's what I get onscreen and it's driving me crazy! Thanks for
> rescuing me from sheer insanity.
>
> Rafiq Hajat
> Executive Director
> Institute for Policy Interaction,
> P. O. Box E14, Post Dot Net,
> Blantyre - Malawi.
> Tel/Fax: +265 1 874 964
> Cell: +265 999 968 800
> www.ipimalawi.org
>
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