Re: cant get to desktop anymore

From	"Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: cant get to desktop anymore
Date	2016-09-19 02:40 +0200
Message-ID	<siUMO-6NP-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<siRcg-4sg-101@gated-at.bofh.it> <siSrD-5nT-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <siUa5-6fv-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	Murphy Retirement Home

Show all headers | View raw

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. If it started. If not, it could be that a default xdm session (KDE, Gnome, XFCE, etc.) wasn't selected or a desktop 'task' wasn't installed.

Console #7 is the standard console used for X11. Console #1 is the default console when there is no default X11 session.

If Roberto gets only a black screen with nothing on it, he may have a problem with his video driver.

Thread

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

csiph-web