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Old 04-09-2010
no graphical interface after installation
Hello everyone,

After installing Ubuntu 8.10 from DVD the Operating System boots into text mode. How do I get the graphical user environment to load.

The DVD includes a live/install that holds Intrepid Ibex (8.10)

Thanks in advance for the help,

Dirk
# 2  
Old 04-09-2010
Perhaps your graphics card is not supported?

What is your computer, what is your graphics card?

Do you have and indication of drivers for your graphics card e.g.
1. In /proc/driver, e.g. I see:
Code:
$ pwd
/proc/driver
$ ls -l nvidia
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-04-09 22:25 cards
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-04-09 22:25 patches
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-04-09 22:25 registry
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-04-09 22:25 version
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2010-04-09 22:25 warnings
$

2. and in dmesg command output? e.g. I see in that:
Code:
[   27.809713] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[   27.809720] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   27.809847] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  185.18.36  Fri Aug 14 17:18:04 PDT 2009

3. and lsmod output? e.g. I see in that:
Code:
video                  19380  0 
output                  2780  1 video
intel_agp              27676  0 
agpgart                34988  2 nvidia,intel_agp


Does running:
Code:
lspci

list your graphics card?
e.g. in my case I see:
Code:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8400M GS] (rev a1)


Is Ubuntu running at run level 2?
[code]
$ who -r
run-level 2 2010-04-09 19:50
$


You have the graphical output selected, that is press the <ctrl> + <alt> + <F7> keys together as opposed to one of the command line interfaces (e.g. press the <ctrl> + <alt> + <F1> keys)?
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