Does Ubuntu 5.10 have a desktop environment installed by default?

[MiniDoom]

I?m new to linux and fooling around with this distro. After the install I login to the root and nothing happens. I thought Gnome was installed by default and suppose to start automatically. What am I missing?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Yes, gnome.

Are you logging into a text based terminal or a gui looking thing?

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Yes, gnome.

Are you logging into a text based terminal or a gui looking thing?

it goes to text based. how do I start the gui?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Yes, gnome.

Are you logging into a text based terminal or a gui looking thing?

it goes to text based. how do I start the gui?

Try: startx

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: rdubbz420

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Yes, gnome.

Are you logging into a text based terminal or a gui looking thing?

it goes to text based. how do I start the gui?

Try: startx

no luck.
bash: startx: command not found.

 

[MiniDoom]

any known issues with running it on vmware workstation v5?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
no luck.
bash: startx: command not found.

Having never installed Ubuntu: Did you unselect X11 packages or something?

Try: updatedb && locate startx

any known issues with running it on vmware workstation v5?

I don't have vmware, so I haven't looked at their documentation.

 

[TGS]

try:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

 

[nweaver]

did you install this as a "server" or the normal install?

By default, iirc, the server install does not install a GUI

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
no luck.
bash: startx: command not found.

Having never installed Ubuntu: Did you unselect X11 packages or something?

Try: updatedb && locate startx

any known issues with running it on vmware workstation v5?

I don't have vmware, so I haven't looked at their documentation.

I just selected the default install options. Same thing with the commands, it said it updated the database but still can?t find startx.

Originally posted by: nweaver
did you install this as a "server" or the normal install?

By default, iirc, the server install does not install a GUI

Update re-installed and found that option.I installed "server" duh. thanks all for the help.:beer:

 

[nweaver]

at the boot menu, hit enter

 

[screw3d]

You might also want to avoid using root as your regular login. Use a username and use sudo whenever you want root privileges.

 

[nweaver]

the fact that you can login as root makes me wonder what you did, by default the root account is disabled for normal use.

a default Ubuntu install is a GUI, and there is no way to disable it except doing a telinit 2 and killing the X server process.

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: nweaver
did you install this as a "server" or the normal install?

By default, iirc, the server install does not install a GUI

I'm thinking that's what happened. Your best bet is probably to just reinstall it and make sure not to choose the server option this time. You might be able to install x and gnome buy running

sudo apt-get install xorg
sudo apt-get install gnome

but I am a linux n00b so it's probably not that simple.