On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:57:58 -0400 Ric Moore <wayward4...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/18/2016 06:00 PM, Kent West wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 3:28 PM, bell canada <bellcanada...@gmail.com > > <mailto:bellcanada...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > hello i installed debian 8 and i cant get into my desktop..why plz help > > > > roberto > > 438 881 9269 <tel:438%20881%209269> > > all i get is ablack scren > > even recory mode doesnt help > > > > > > Do you get to a login prompt at all (graphical or text-based)? > > > > What happens if you press Ctrl-Alt-F2? > If the OP would do that, login as his user and enter "startx", I bet a > donut that he gets to his desktop. Mine is STILL boroken that way > ...POS. synaptic isn't fixed yet. <sighs> Someone just shoot me. Ric > > <CTRL><ALT><F7> will reach the X11 session. If it started. If not, it could be that a default xdm session (KDE, Gnome, XFCE, etc.) wasn't selected or a desktop 'task' wasn't installed. Console #7 is the standard console used for X11. Console #1 is the default console when there is no default X11 session. If Roberto gets only a black screen with nothing on it, he may have a problem with his video driver.
