Kubtunu 13.04 MY DESKTOP DISAPPEARED!!!!!!!!

[gtrmotorc7]

Hey guys, i'm pretty new to kubuntu. So go easy on me please. My issue is probably pretty simple, I just updated to 13.04 (about an hour ago) and after the upgrade my desktop has disappeared. I get the main login screen, the splash screen, and then just a blank desktop with the mouse cursor. Alt-f2 does nothing, so i ctrl-alt-f1 to get into tty. But when i type "startkde" i get the error message "$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the x server". I've already purged the nvidia driver and re-installed the "current" which is 304.88 but to no avail. Also, the grub menu accomplishes nothing, going back to the old header "3.5." doesn't fix the issue and theres not showing to be any broken packages. I've even tried re-installing the KDE desktop but nothing is working. Any ideas Please help....

System info:
Intel Core2Quad
Nvidia Gforce GT520 2Gb
120Gb SSD- Main drive
2Tb HDD- Media Drive
4Gb DDR3

[gtrmotorc7]

Kubtunu 13.04 MY DESKTOP DISAPPEARED!!!!!!!!

Hey guys, i'm pretty new to kubuntu. So go easy on me please. My issue is probably pretty simple, I just updated to 13.04 (about an hour ago) and after the upgrade my desktop has disappeared. I get the main login screen, the splash screen, and then just a blank desktop with the mouse cursor. Alt-f2 does nothing, so i ctrl-alt-f1 to get into tty. But when i type "startkde" i get the error message "$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the x server". I've already purged the nvidia driver and re-installed the "current" which is 304.88 but to no avail. Also, the grub menu accomplishes nothing, going back to the old header "3.5." doesn't fix the issue and theres not showing to be any broken packages. I've even tried re-installing the KDE desktop but nothing is working. Any ideas Please help....

System info:
Intel Core2Quad
Nvidia Gforce GT520 2Gb
120Gb SSD- Main drive
2Tb HDD- Media Drive
4Gb DDR3

[OldSmoky2]

I'm not an expert, not even close, but several years ago I was trying to install Debian (because nothing else would work) on an old eMac, and I got the same kind of blinking cursor screen after install. At some point I read something that led me to try the startx command. I don't know if it will help you, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't hurt anything at this point. Maybe it will at least give you some useful info. I ended up having to edit my xorg.conf file to fix things, but I remember that the startx command was helpful somehow.

[gtrmotorc7]

Thank, I tried that, but then the screen just goes completely black "no cursor" and i have to press ctrl-alt-f7 to get to where it was before.

[Arran]

What exactly did you do?

sudo apt-get update = getting the info of new or rectified packages in the repos = no change on the computer at all.
sudo apt-get upgrade = getting all the new or rectified packages in the repos without some defined ones who need
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade = especially for kernel software after which a restart of the program is needed.

Or did you manually change all the pointers in your various lists of the sources to the funny name of the version 13.04?

(I never understand this system with animal names instead of clear and memorable numbers like 13.04, but that's another story).

[dmeyer]

When in doubt try this set of commands

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

that failing to fix your issue then run

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

[dmeyer]

Hey guys, i'm pretty new to kubuntu. So go easy on me please. My issue is probably pretty simple, I just updated to 13.04 (about an hour ago) and after the upgrade my desktop has disappeared. I get the main login screen, the splash screen, and then just a blank desktop with the mouse cursor. Alt-f2 does nothing, so i ctrl-alt-f1 to get into tty. But when i type "startkde" i get the error message "$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the x server". I've already purged the nvidia driver and re-installed the "current" which is 304.88 but to no avail. Also, the grub menu accomplishes nothing, going back to the old header "3.5." doesn't fix the issue and theres not showing to be any broken packages. I've even tried re-installing the KDE desktop but nothing is working. Any ideas Please help....

System info:
Intel Core2Quad
Nvidia Gforce GT520 2Gb
120Gb SSD- Main drive
2Tb HDD- Media Drive
4Gb DDR3

Ok this is what you need to do. Hit Alt+Ctrl+F1 now login. The next few steps are quite simple.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reboot? Did it work if not run this command

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Did this work? If not I have the next set of commands for you:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current
sudo apt-get install linux-source
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-get install linux-image
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Remember to reboot after each step and tell me if it helped.

[notabug]

Copied to a text file for future emergenies. Thanks.

P.S. the upgrade performed yesterday went off without a hitch. Sometimes I get lucky.

[Guest]

When in doubt try this set of commands

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

that failing to fix your issue then run

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Neither of these fix my issue.

[defilers]

Nope, this do not solve the problem. It seems like the X server is running, but echo DISPLAY do not give anything. I removed all nvidia drivers and rebooted to see what will happen with nouveau driver. And it seems like it is working fine, but without GLX. echo DISPLAY give me :0 I tried nvidia 304 and 310 drivers. I manually set DISPLAY to be :0 with nvidia's drivers but without luck.

[dmeyer]

No the next set of commands to run is

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current
sudo apt-get install linux-source
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-get install linux-image
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Reboot and report back.

[gtrmotorc7]

I ran the above commands
linux source- current
headers- current
image- current
purged and re-installed nvidia drivers- changed resoloution, and "kubuntu" logo to text format but no other changes.
Also, its showing a repository that wasnt there before "noobslab/nvidia-quantal" and it wont allow the dist-upgrade because it's ignoring it. is there a way to remove it through the tty terminal?

[gtrmotorc7]

Ya you got the lucky stick then lol

I ran the above commands
linux source- current
headers- current
image- current
purged and re-installed nvidia drivers- changed resoloution, and "kubuntu" logo to text format but no other changes.
Also, its showing a repository that wasnt there before "noobslab/nvidia-quantal" and it wont allow the dist-upgrade because it's ignoring it. is there a way to remove it through the tty terminal?

[dmeyer]

Ya you got the lucky stick then lol

I ran the above commands
linux source- current
headers- current
image- current
purged and re-installed nvidia drivers- changed resoloution, and "kubuntu" logo to text format but no other changes.
Also, its showing a repository that wasnt there before "noobslab/nvidia-quantal" and it wont allow the dist-upgrade because it's ignoring it. is there a way to remove it through the tty terminal?

What!? How come do you have quantal repos? Well I haven't personally got a 13.04 install so I just ran through the standard steps. I hope you rebooted after installing the drivers. If that doesn't help somebody else is going to have to step up to the plate.

[gtrmotorc7]

i have no idea how i got the quantal repo, it wasnt there b4 i clicked the upgrade. i only installed the proprietary driver from the additional drivers tab. So your guess is as good as mine. do you know of a way to purge the ppa through the terminal?