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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > > >