When you get the login prompt, login with your username and password, and then type "startx" (without the quotes) and hit ENTER. Tell us what happens after that. On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Danny Johnson wrote: > Thanks for responding. > I have no graphical environment. > I have used the Sabayon forum - pretty complex for me - can't find problem > like I'm having. > Do not understand "what update - what upgrade". - have updated and upgraded > to the gills! - "Equo" > I was wrong about my video card - I have an Nvidia 8800GT - downloaded the > drivers - still no > graphical environment. > I do get a login prompt - but no graphical environment. > I do not know what dmesg means or is. > When do I execute Ctrl-Alt-F1? > I posted the issue in the Sabayon forum and have gotten no reply yet. > I just want to resolve this issue and go away, ya know?! > I feel I'm being a pain by asking people to help. > Sincerely, > DJ > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:02 PM, gerry <gsker at skerbitz.org> wrote: > Danny, > > You will need to give the list more information.... > > 1. "Sabayon Live CD" is ambiguous according to the download > page: > http://www.sabayon.org/download/ > "There are many different Sabayon variants" > > So What exactly did you install? > > 2. What have you tried? What update? What upgrade? > Have you used Ctrl-Alt-F1 ? Do you get a login prompt? > What specific video card do you have any why would you think > that's relevant? > What does "cannot get back to my desktop" mean? Do you not get a > login prompt? > Or do you just not get a graphical environment? > What clues do you get from the dmesg command? > What is in /var/log? Especially /var/log/Xorg.0.log. > (less /var/log/Xorg.0.log) > What does lsmod say? (It lists the loaded kernel modules) > uname -a ? > > 3. Sabayon is Gentoo based > So not the most common of environments. A large percentage of > repos are either rpm or deb based. > As a result, you might get much more useful help from the > Sabayon forums than from a generic Linux forum. A gentoo forum > might also be more helpful. > > With that said, post more details and you'll get more help! > > > Looks like sabayon uses lightdm and systemd. linux 4.9.0. > I downloaded the server iso and booted it up. Looks pretty > normal... > Let us know your specific issues. > > https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Get_AMD/ATI_or_Nvidia_Video > _Cards_working_in_Sabayon > > Gerry > > > > On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Danny Johnson wrote: > > I am new to Linux. > I have installed Sabayon live CD to my hard drive > with an accurate checksum. > I did the update and the upgrade and cannot get back > to my desktop. > I have an ATI Radeon GPU. > I have spent a lot of time researching the forum and > just cannot find a solution. > I hope someone can help me out. > Sincerely, > Danny J. > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > >