Just sent a photo to you..... On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Clug <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20180226/de5660e9/attachment-0001.html>