move to graphical desktop from terminal (DOS-like) display

taliano · 04-28-2017, 04:51 AM

On my Chromebook with Ubuntu newly added, how can I move to graphical desktop from terminal view?

r3sistance · 04-28-2017, 05:00 AM

Did you install a graphical interface? Ubuntu usually comes with a GUI. Well you'll probably need to install xorg and a Desktop Manager. Well the following may get you there... but not got a ubuntu box at the second to test on.

Code:

sudo aptitude install xorg ubuntu-desktop

Worth a try. Once it is installed then you should just be able to reboot to get back to the GUI.

taliano · 04-28-2017, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r3sistance

Did you install a graphical interface? Ubuntu usually comes with a GUI. Well you'll probably need to install xorg and a Desktop Manager. Well the following may get you there... but not got a ubuntu box at the second to test on.

Code:

sudo aptitude install xorg ubuntu-desktop

Worth a try. Once it is installed then you should just be able to reboot to get back to the GUI.

Thanks for speedy reply. I entered your code, but the result was: "sudo: aptitude not found"

There must be a list somewhere of the different commands that sudo will find and execute.

r3sistance · 04-28-2017, 09:24 AM

Mmm, try

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptitude

if that doesn't work to install aptitude then it maybe that your machine isn't connecting to the internet.

AwesomeMachine · 04-28-2017, 07:01 PM

You don't actually need to specifically install aptitude. You can use apt-get. To get the desktop up you can run

Code:

$ startx &

from the terminal.

r3sistance · 04-28-2017, 07:57 PM

that assumes that x is already installed tho, I am going by the assumption that it isn't.

AwesomeMachine · 04-28-2017, 09:50 PM

I think Ubuntu usually installs the desktop.

mrmazda · 04-29-2017, 12:52 AM

Given this forum as context, I'd think it likely he has its default DE ubuntu-desktop installed, but it and his Chromebook are not playing nice together, which would be why he's in a terminal in the first place. 'sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dm' should report if there is a display manager installed. 'sudo ps -A | grep dm' should report if a display manager is supposedly running. Likely the move to be made is diagnose why he's at a terminal. 'sudo apt-get install aptitude inxi; inxi -c0 -v4' and knowing where his Ubuntu installation media came from would be a useful start. If inxi fails, at least show output from 'cat /etc/*lease' and 'lspci -nnk | grep -A4 VGA' so there's something for us to work from.