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Old 04-17-2012, 09:38 AM   #1
blackdog54
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command not found

I just installed ubuntu server 11.1 using vmware and then added the gui. When I go to finish with the command that I thought would start the gui it says "command not found". The command I am using is "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start" and I have also tried "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart".
 
Old 04-17-2012, 10:29 AM   #2
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Try:
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sudo service gdm start
Per Psychocats at http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/minimal
 
Old 04-17-2012, 10:37 AM   #3
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Command not found means your path is not set up to sudo. Use to absolute path. /usr/bin/sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
 
Old 04-17-2012, 10:39 AM   #4
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I just installed ubuntu server 11.1 using vmware and then added the gui.
Which gui you added/installed? You installed Ubuntu on Virtual Machine, right? If it is so, then the GUI would have already been there. Isn't it?
 
Old 04-17-2012, 11:18 AM   #5
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Thank you all for your help. After working on it for quite some time I walked away, came back and "DUH" did a reboot. Works fine.
 
Old 04-17-2012, 11:20 AM   #6
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Glad to know that it worked out for you. Now if your problem has been solved, you can mark your thread as SOLVED.
 
  


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