The picture you sent is of a graphical interface. On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Danny Johnson wrote: > 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 > > > >