<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div><font face="sans-serif">Ok....is that what I use for my desktop?</font></div><div><font face="sans-serif">Sure doesn't seem right...</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Clug <tclug@freakzilla.com> </div><div>Date: 2/26/18 09:28 (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: TCLUG <tclug-list@mn-linux.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Sabayon </div><div><br></div></div>The picture you sent is of a graphical interface.<br><br><br><br>On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Danny Johnson wrote:<br><br>> Just sent a photo to you.....<br>> <br>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Clug <tclug@freakzilla.com> wrote:<br>> When you get the login prompt, login with your username and<br>> password, and then type "startx" (without the quotes) and hit<br>> ENTER. Tell us what happens after that.<br>> <br>> <br>><br>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2018, Danny Johnson wrote:<br>><br>> Thanks for responding.<br>> I have no graphical environment.<br>> I have used the Sabayon forum - pretty complex for<br>> me - can't find problem<br>> like I'm having.<br>> Do not understand "what update - what upgrade". -<br>> have updated and upgraded<br>> to the gills! - "Equo"<br>> I was wrong about my video card - I have an Nvidia<br>> 8800GT - downloaded the<br>> drivers - still no<br>> graphical environment.<br>> I do get a login prompt - but no graphical<br>> environment.<br>> I do not know what dmesg means or is.<br>> When do I execute Ctrl-Alt-F1?<br>> I posted the issue in the Sabayon forum and have<br>> gotten no reply yet.<br>> I just want to resolve this issue and go away, ya<br>> know?! <br>> I feel I'm being a pain by asking people to help.<br>> Sincerely,<br>> DJ<br>><br>> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:02 PM, gerry<br>> <gsker@skerbitz.org> wrote:<br>> Danny,<br>><br>> You will need to give the list more<br>> information....<br>><br>> 1. "Sabayon Live CD" is ambiguous according to<br>> the download<br>> page:<br>> http://www.sabayon.org/download/<br>> "There are many different Sabayon variants"<br>><br>> So What exactly did you install?<br>><br>> 2. What have you tried? What update? What<br>> upgrade?<br>> Have you used Ctrl-Alt-F1 ? Do you get a login<br>> prompt?<br>> What specific video card do you have any why<br>> would you think<br>> that's relevant?<br>> What does "cannot get back to my desktop"<br>> mean? Do you not get a<br>> login prompt?<br>> Or do you just not get a graphical<br>> environment?<br>> What clues do you get from the dmesg command?<br>> What is in /var/log? Especially<br>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log.<br>> (less /var/log/Xorg.0.log)<br>> What does lsmod say? (It lists the loaded<br>> kernel modules)<br>> uname -a ?<br>><br>> 3. Sabayon is Gentoo based<br>> So not the most common of environments. A<br>> large percentage of<br>> repos are either rpm or deb based.<br>> As a result, you might get much more useful<br>> help from the<br>> Sabayon forums than from a generic Linux<br>> forum. A gentoo forum<br>> might also be more helpful.<br>><br>> With that said, post more details and you'll<br>> get more help!<br>> <br>><br>> Looks like sabayon uses lightdm and systemd.<br>> linux 4.9.0.<br>> I downloaded the server iso and booted it up. <br>> Looks pretty<br>> normal...<br>> Let us know your specific issues.<br>> <br>> https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Get_AMD/ATI_or_Nvidia_Video<br>><br>> _Cards_working_in_Sabayon<br>><br>> Gerry<br>> <br>> <br>><br>> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Danny Johnson wrote:<br>><br>> I am new to Linux.<br>> I have installed Sabayon live CD to my<br>> hard drive<br>> with an accurate checksum.<br>> I did the update and the upgrade and<br>> cannot get back<br>> to my desktop.<br>> I have an ATI Radeon GPU.<br>> I have spent a lot of time researching<br>> the forum and<br>> just cannot find a solution.<br>> I hope someone can help me out.<br>> Sincerely,<br>> Danny J.<br>> <br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota<br>> tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>></body></html>