no KDE after installing kubuntu?

[shadowh]

Dear all,

I tried to install Kubuntu 9.10 from wubi and carefully selected "kubuntu" as my desktop environment. However, after finished installing and rebooting, all I got is the Ubuntu 9.10 ubuntu tyy1 login page (black background with white cursor and command line).

I am stalling it on a 64-bit Quad Core IntelTM Xeon W5590 processor with graphic card 1.5GB NVIDIA Quadro® FX 4800.

I then followed online recipe to manually install KDE as following, however, still no luck of getting KDE:

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sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/staging/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8AC93F7A

sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
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Please provide me suggestions.

Thanks,
shadowh

[vinnywright]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

never done a wubi install ............allwase don a real install dual booting this is all I can ofer ..........hope it helps

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#Wh...%20bootloader?

scroll back to the top and read it all


VINNY

[DERG]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

shadowh,
Check your PM that I sent you. HTH BTW- I installed from the 3.3Gb DVD. I think it's a nVidia issue but see my PM.

Dear all,

I tried to install Kubuntu 9.10 from wubi and carefully selected "kubuntu" as my desktop environment. However, after finished installing and rebooting, all I got is the Ubuntu 9.10 ubuntu tyy1 login page (black background with white cursor and command line).

I am stalling it on a 64-bit Quad Core IntelTM Xeon W5590 processor with graphic card 1.5GB NVIDIA Quadro® FX 4800.

I then followed online recipe to manually install KDE as following, however, still no luck of getting KDE:

---------------------------------------------
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/staging/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8AC93F7A

sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
------------------------------------------------

Please provide me suggestions.

Thanks,
shadowh

[SNL888]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

Hi Mate,

note sure why your getting ubuntu login as apposed to kubuntu maybe check your ISO.

in regards to the command line issue, i had this same problem with my graphics card.

i would suggest trying booting from the CD and selecting the option to try "Kubuntu without installing anything on my hard drive"

once there go to k button > Application > System > Hardware Driver...

this will search and it should pick up your card... select the option recommended and select "activate" linus has done its thing.... select restart and take out the cd...

and...

hopefully :P

you should be able to book into your desktop...

let me know how it goes...

once this

[The Liquidator]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

When you get to the command line type

startx

What error messages do you get then?

[DERG]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

Hi Mate,

note sure why your getting ubuntu login as apposed to kubuntu maybe check your ISO.

in regards to the command line issue, i had this same problem with my graphics card.

i would suggest trying booting from the CD and selecting the option to try "Kubuntu without installing anything on my hard drive"

once there go to k button > Application > System > Hardware Driver...

this will search and it should pick up your card... select the option recommended and select "activate" linus has done its thing.... select restart and take out the cd...

and...

hopefully :P

you should be able to book into your desktop...

let me know how it goes...

once this

I had this same issue reported here -
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...0888#msg220888
-it would not boot with live CD either. After booting in Generic Recovery Mode I selected repair, it then did an update & downloaded 160Mb & installed then asked to re-write the GRUB. After restarting it did not boot properly, but after a complete shut down it did & has every since. Like you, I do believe it had something to do with the nVidia VB.

[SNL888]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

yeah the nvidia is a bit annoying....

i did a fresh install when things were going wrong (more like i messed it up :P) everything is ok now... takeing things slowly is thebest approach i think...

hope it goes well for you mate...

[shadowh]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

Dear The Liquidator,

after typing startx, the error message was as following:

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the Thr X.Org Foundation support

Please also check the log file at " /var/log/Xorg.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log giving up

xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to Xserver

xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error

When you get to the command line type

startx

What error messages do you get then?

As in my OP, my graphic card is 1.5GB NVIDIA Quadro® FX 4800.

Appreciate any help,
shadowh

[Snowhog]

Re: no KDE after installing kubuntu?

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/staging/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8AC93F7A

sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop
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Please provide me suggestions.

Thanks,
shadowh

After making changes to any of your sources list files, you can't then just do an install. The step you omitted above is to run:

sudo apt-get update

Which reads the sources lists file(s) and updates the package cache.