Ubuntu.. installed... Now what? - GoFuckYourself.com

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 02:01 PM

Ok, Ubuntu installed and has booted to a command line..

What do I do now?

I logged in and still at a command line... I thought this was spose to have a graphic user desktop?

Do I need to type some thing here?

ro8in · 10-21-2007, 02:09 PM

type this:

startx

and press enter.. You probally get some error and then the next step is figuring out how to solve it..

It cant start your graphic interface for some reason and thats why it boots into command line

:P

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 02:12 PM

Did some searching found this...

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Running it right now... Once it's done Ill try the startx

ro8in · 10-21-2007, 02:15 PM

btw

If your beginner at Linux its better to take a distro Like Red Hat or Suse

They are the most compatible with all kinds of hardware out of the box

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 02:19 PM

Total linux beginner. Running this on an old Sony laptop. Seems to still be chunking away at the download of the last command I entered... something a little over a gig in size it said... seems to be installing a ton of stuyff.

ro8in · 10-21-2007, 02:23 PM

yeah the desktop system is pretty big..

Its based on loads of little applications..

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 02:25 PM

looks to be about 56% done with downloading and installing the desktop... keeping my fingers crossed.

gentoo · 10-21-2007, 02:42 PM

you must of accidently downloaded and install the ubuntu server install

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 03:32 PM

now when I type startx I ger the error,

Giving up
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to x server
xinit: No such process (error 3): Server Error

fatfoo · 10-21-2007, 03:33 PM

hey

munki · 10-21-2007, 03:34 PM

Keep me updated... I'm doing a testrun 32 bit install on a 64 intel... and if that goes well a 64 install on an AMD...

Looking forward to ubuntu on a decent machine... I've older versions on older computers and loved em...

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 03:50 PM

ok... going to foramt and try again... maybe I installed the wrong thing.

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 04:00 PM

Ok, I see what I did wrong... when it asked me what it install I picked just plain old ubuntu... not ubuntu desktop, so I guess I installed the command line server version only? Well, I just finished formating and am doing the install again.. will see how this goes.

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 05:03 PM

Hmm... still the same issues... Just goto the command prompt... startx does not work... researching

Wilbo · 10-21-2007, 05:32 PM

Download the .iso image and install it from a cd........much easier.

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilbo

Download the .iso image and install it from a cd........much easier.

Can't, I tried that, Downloaded it multiple times, even tried to create multiple burn images, first at max speed, second at 2x. the Machine will boot to the disk, but then when I try to do anything it just gives me a Disk I/O error.

On the other hand, XP installs flawlessly on it, even detects and installs all the correct drivers the first time... Doesn't look like Ubuntu is quite ready for the primetime yet.

qxm · 10-21-2007, 08:11 PM

I'll install ubuntu on a second HD this weekend ..... I want to get it working with VMware/vista somehow....

munki · 10-21-2007, 08:11 PM

Are you using 7.10?

I was having troubles with 7.10, and went back and searched teh googles for a 7.04 install and it worked flawlessly right off the bat.

This especially applies if you have ATI graphics...

qxm · 10-21-2007, 08:17 PM

7.10 doesn't work for me (ATI RADEON Card)......I had to download the 6.04 version and upgrade to 7.04 but since I was running vmware on the same OS virtual machine the PC got really sloooow........so I'll install ubuntu on a clean 20Gb HD and try to access my vista installation through VMware.......I'll see how that goes.......

Gerco · 10-21-2007, 08:26 PM

yup, version 7.10 here... not going to waste any more time on it.. This is a older 900mhz Sony laptop, XP installed fine on it, everythings working... going though the downloads of the service packs now.

HorseShit · 10-21-2007, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerco

Doesn't look like Ubuntu is quite ready for the primetime yet.

No, you're just fucking retarded.

martinsc · 10-21-2007, 11:03 PM

walk through this (http://www.howtoforge.com/the_perfec...top_ubuntu7.04) and you should be able to do almost everything that you can do with windows....

10-21-2007, 02:01 PM	#1
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	Ubuntu.. installed... Now what? Ok, Ubuntu installed and has booted to a command line.. What do I do now? I logged in and still at a command line... I thought this was spose to have a graphic user desktop? Do I need to type some thing here? __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

10-21-2007, 02:09 PM	#2
ro8in Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,542	type this: startx and press enter.. You probally get some error and then the next step is figuring out how to solve it.. It cant start your graphic interface for some reason and thats why it boots into command line :P __________________ ------ Offcourse its a dude posting here. Probably a fut ugly one too. Fuck still people falling for this 100 year old trick

10-21-2007, 02:12 PM	#3
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	Did some searching found this... sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop Running it right now... Once it's done Ill try the startx __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

10-21-2007, 02:15 PM	#4
ro8in Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,542	btw If your beginner at Linux its better to take a distro Like Red Hat or Suse They are the most compatible with all kinds of hardware out of the box __________________ ------ Offcourse its a dude posting here. Probably a fut ugly one too. Fuck still people falling for this 100 year old trick

10-21-2007, 02:19 PM	#5
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	Total linux beginner. Running this on an old Sony laptop. Seems to still be chunking away at the download of the last command I entered... something a little over a gig in size it said... seems to be installing a ton of stuyff. __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

10-21-2007, 02:23 PM	#6
ro8in Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,542	yeah the desktop system is pretty big.. Its based on loads of little applications.. __________________ ------ Offcourse its a dude posting here. Probably a fut ugly one too. Fuck still people falling for this 100 year old trick

10-21-2007, 02:25 PM	#7
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	looks to be about 56% done with downloading and installing the desktop... keeping my fingers crossed. __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

10-21-2007, 02:42 PM	#8
gentoo Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 116	you must of accidently downloaded and install the ubuntu server install

10-21-2007, 03:32 PM	#9
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	now when I type startx I ger the error, Giving up xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to x server xinit: No such process (error 3): Server Error __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

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10-21-2007, 03:34 PM	#11
munki Do Fun Shit. Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OC Posts: 13,393	Keep me updated... I'm doing a testrun 32 bit install on a 64 intel... and if that goes well a 64 install on an AMD... Looking forward to ubuntu on a decent machine... I've older versions on older computers and loved em... __________________ “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” -Oscar Wilde

10-21-2007, 03:50 PM	#12
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	ok... going to foramt and try again... maybe I installed the wrong thing. __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

10-21-2007, 04:00 PM	#13
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	Ok, I see what I did wrong... when it asked me what it install I picked just plain old ubuntu... not ubuntu desktop, so I guess I installed the command line server version only? Well, I just finished formating and am doing the install again.. will see how this goes. __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

10-21-2007, 05:03 PM	#14
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	Hmm... still the same issues... Just goto the command prompt... startx does not work... researching __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

10-21-2007, 05:32 PM	#15
Wilbo Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Baltimore Posts: 2,082	Download the .iso image and install it from a cd........much easier.

10-21-2007, 08:11 PM	#17
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10-21-2007, 08:17 PM	#19
qxm Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NoHo Posts: 5,970	7.10 doesn't work for me (ATI RADEON Card)......I had to download the 6.04 version and upgrade to 7.04 but since I was running vmware on the same OS virtual machine the PC got really sloooow........so I'll install ubuntu on a clean 20Gb HD and try to access my vista installation through VMware.......I'll see how that goes....... __________________ ICQ: 266990876

10-21-2007, 08:26 PM	#20
Gerco Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,052	yup, version 7.10 here... not going to waste any more time on it.. This is a older 900mhz Sony laptop, XP installed fine on it, everythings working... going though the downloads of the service packs now. __________________ Http://www.extremehole.com ** CLOSED ** 400 HOURS of exclusive custom extreme content, already on external HD in Raw DV ready to encode. over 150,000 exclusive images and more.

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