Re: cant get to desktop anymore

From	Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: cant get to desktop anymore
Date	2016-09-19 23:00 +0200
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On 09/18/2016 08:33 PM, Neal P. Murphy wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:57:58 -0400
> Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 09/18/2016 06:00 PM, Kent West wrote:
>>> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 3:28 PM, bell canada <bellcanadardp@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:bellcanadardp@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     hello i installed debian 8 and i cant get into my desktop..why plz help
>>>
>>>     roberto
>>>     438 881 9269 <tel:438%20881%209269>
>>>     all i get is ablack scren
>>>     even recory mode doesnt help
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you get to a login prompt at all (graphical or text-based)?
>>>
>>> What happens if you press Ctrl-Alt-F2?
>> If the OP would do that, login as his user and enter "startx", I bet a
>> donut that he gets to his desktop. Mine is STILL boroken that way
>> ...POS. synaptic isn't fixed yet. <sighs> Someone just shoot me. Ric
>>
>>
>
> <CTRL><ALT><F7> will reach the X11 session.

Thank you for the heads up. But, we were advising ctrl-alt-f2 and I 
advised he login as his user and type startx. >IF< he gets to his 
desktop, then he has the same problem I have. I'm expecting others pop 
up with the very same problem. Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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cant get to desktop anymore bell canada <bellcanadardp@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 22:50 +0200
  Re: cant get to desktop anymore Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2016-09-19 00:10 +0200
    Re: cant get to desktop anymore Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 02:00 +0200
      Re: cant get to desktop anymore "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-19 02:40 +0200
        Re: cant get to desktop anymore Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-09-19 15:40 +0200
          Re: cant get to desktop anymore Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 15:50 +0200
          Re: cant get to desktop anymore Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 16:30 +0200
        Re: cant get to desktop anymore Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 23:00 +0200
      Re: cant get to desktop anymore Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@fastmail.com> - 2016-09-21 22:40 +0200
        Re: cant get to desktop anymore Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@fastmail.com> - 2016-09-21 23:00 +0200
          Re: cant get to desktop anymore Zoltán Hermann <zoltanhbz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 07:10 +0200
          Re: cant get to desktop anymore Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 06:50 +0200
          Re: cant get to desktop anymore Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 08:30 +0200
    Re: cant get to desktop anymore Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca> - 2016-09-19 03:50 +0200
      Re: cant get to desktop anymore Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 23:10 +0200
        Re: cant get to desktop anymore Dominic Knight <dominicknight@gmx.com> - 2016-09-20 18:30 +0200

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