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    I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

    Just installed Kubuntu on a Jetway 1.5Ghz AMD mini-ITX board.

    Installation went fine, but upon reboot i am faced with a console page.
    It says there is trouble with an ACPI system description table.

    It asks for username and password, which i provide.

    It then gives me a little bit of information on the Ubuntu project, which is lovely.
    After that i am left hanging, i am logged on, but i don't know how to enter the GUI.

    How do i get into the GUI that i am so eagerly anticipating?
    1.5Ghz AMD C7 Mini-ITX<br />1.66Ghz Intel MacMini<br /><br />Running in peaceful symbiosis.<br />Which chump decided PCs should be so big?
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    #2
    Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

    I'm not sure but I think if you press Alt and F7 together you might get your GUI back - let me know if it does? Peace!
    Terabyte<br /><br />Non sibi sed omnibus (Not for oneself, but for all)
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      #3
      Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

      .... i came across this, i think the answer is to type: startx

      If it wasn't that, then try <Ctrl> + d
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        Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

        Jetway 1.5Ghz AMD mini-ITX

        Is it a 64bit AMD ? Which version did you load? See http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/download
        "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
        "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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          #5
          Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

          alt+F7 - That gives me a blank screen with a sorry flashing underscore...
          Ctrl+D - Just reloads the login
          Startx - says server failiure (this maybe because i have a horribly complicated internet connection for this computer)
          1.5Ghz AMD C7 Mini-ITX<br />1.66Ghz Intel MacMini<br /><br />Running in peaceful symbiosis.<br />Which chump decided PCs should be so big?
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            #6
            Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

            no its 32bit
            1.5Ghz AMD C7 Mini-ITX<br />1.66Ghz Intel MacMini<br /><br />Running in peaceful symbiosis.<br />Which chump decided PCs should be so big?
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              #7
              Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

              Have you tried at the bootup stage, choosing recovery mode, which provides a number of ways to fix things?
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                Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                This:

                Originally posted by OliDipps
                alt+F7 - That gives me a blank screen with a sorry flashing underscore...
                Ctrl+D - Just reloads the login
                Startx - says server failiure (this maybe because i have a horribly complicated internet connection for this computer)
                indicates a video display failure. If you boot "recovery mode" on the boot menu, then choose the "Fix X" option, it may reconfigure the X server correctly. When it dumps you back to the # prompt, issue this command:

                Code:
                 /etc/init.d/kdm start
                and possibly you'll get a GUI login.
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                  Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                  I'm not lucky enough to get a boot menu...

                  There's a little bit of text saying "esc to enter menu" but it doesn't respond to my vigorous rapping of esc.

                  I get BIOS stuff, then grub loading

                  then it goes straight into the kubuntu loading window,

                  then the screen flashes intermittently before settling on the login text...

                  No chance to get into recovery....

                  Any thoughts?
                  1.5Ghz AMD C7 Mini-ITX<br />1.66Ghz Intel MacMini<br /><br />Running in peaceful symbiosis.<br />Which chump decided PCs should be so big?
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                    #10
                    Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                    OK, then Kubuntu is the only OS installed on the computer, right?

                    Hmmm -- Esc won't "escape" ---

                    OK, if you can get to the sorry blank screen with the sorry blinky cursor, try Ctrl-Alt-F1, and see if you get a command line prompt, aka "text mode", at which you can log in.
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                      #11
                      Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                      Yeah only got Kubuntu

                      The alt-F7 then ctrl+alt+F1 just gets me back to the text mode login screen i start with.

                      I have noticed when Kubuntu first loads, it tries to give me a GUI, flashing with a cursor on and off.

                      Could this be a problem with VGA drivers as i am using a slightly obscure set-up.
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                        #12
                        Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                        Unfortunately, detecting and configuring the graphics on Linux has never been as straightforward as it is for the OS where the graphics card OEMs always provide a driver.

                        http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085112.0

                        except the dpkg-reconfigure script no longer configures video, unfortunately.

                        Let's have a look at your graphics chip with
                        Code:
                        lspci
                        maybe there's a known driver.
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                          Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                          VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UniChrome Pro IGP (rev 01).

                          That makes sense i guess...

                          What next?

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                            #14
                            Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                            A search on Ubuntu Forums indicates you need one of these two drivers:

                            xserver-xorg-video-s3

                            or

                            xserver-xorg-video-s3virge

                            So,
                            Code:
                            sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-s3
                            in the CLI, and do the same for the second one. Then try

                            Code:
                            sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop
                            followed by
                            Code:
                            sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start
                            I'm not sure which of those is for your model.

                            The other variable is the capabilities of your LCD display. Probably you want to configure it as "generic" in the xorg.conf file.
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                              Re: I have just installed Kubuntu, and i am given no login screen

                              s3? s3virge? It would be interesting to know what you searched for.

                              Have you seen "Via UniChrome PRO with Ubuntu 8.04" at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=726465

                              This suggests a driver xserver-xorg-video-openchrome , available from repository or the via driver fromhttp://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action
                              "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
                              "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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