Hi Danny, Wish you would have answered the question as to which variant of Sabayon you installed- if you did and I missed it sorry. But based on Clug's description I'm guessing you installed the fluxbox variant which is definitely not the most user friendly desktop around as it requires lots of user configuration to get it the way you want it. Here are my suggestions: A) Try right-clicking on desktop as this should bring up any menus that are preconfigured. If you get a menu, look for a program called Rigo. This is a graphical package manager. How to use see here: https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=Rigo Use it to install KDE or Mate or XFCE desktop environment. B) If you don't get any menu when right clicking on desktop, Find a way to download Sabayon variant with one of the above mentioned desktop environments C) Try a completely different distro as suggested by others. hth harv On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:00:02 -0600 tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org opined: > Send tclug-list mailing list submissions to > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tclug-list-request at mn-linux.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tclug-list-owner at mn-linux.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tclug-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Sabayon (Clug) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:15:41 -0600 (CST) > From: Clug <tclug at freakzilla.com> > To: TCLUG <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Sabayon > Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1802261013490.8922 at rooster> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > It's a graphical environment, but doesn't seem to be using a modern (or > very useful) window manager. I'm not sure which one that is (almost looks > like twm, but it's been a while). I'm not sure why that distribution isn't > popping up a greeter that lets you choose your environment. > > Is there a reason why you went with Sabayon, rather than the /incredibly/ > newbie-friendly Ubuntu? > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, bunjee50 wrote: > > > Ok....is that what I use for my desktop? > > Sure doesn't seem right... > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Clug <tclug at freakzilla.com> > > Date: 2/26/18 09:28 (GMT-06:00) > > To: TCLUG <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Sabayon > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > >???????????? _______________________________________________ > > >???????????? 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