Answers to: How can I manage to boot my laptop into a Desktop display, instead of bash?http://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash<p>I have successfully loaded a DVD into my laptop and the screen shows Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04 but I have not yet been able to find the desktop display that I expected. The machine runs well in bash as though I had chosen to run as a Terminal, but the instruction "exit" does not allow me the usual changeover.</p>enWed, 12 Mar 2014 03:57:09 -0400Answer by sachinhttp://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3298<p>It seems you have selected "Basic Server" option during installation process. Select Desktop/X windowing system.</p> <p>Or</p> <p>Install X- Windowing system packeage from your repository using YUM command.</p>sachinWed, 12 Mar 2014 03:57:09 -0400http://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3298Answer by Andy Alkalinehttp://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3285<blockquote> The Xorg log shows VESA(0): initialising int 10 VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x0 out of range . . . Unloading vbe Screens found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens</blockquote> <p>This typically indicates a driver issue (or some type of incompatibility with your video card). Either your card isn't being auto-detected properly, or the drivers that come with that distribution of Ubuntu have a problem detecting the video in your "very new" laptop. Or you've tried manually configuring the video driver and it's not correct enough to work.</p> <p>Auto-detection normally works pretty well these days with most distros, and I haven't had to edit an xorg.conf file in several years. But you can either try editing the X config file manually or try a couple other distros. Maybe Ubuntu 13.10?</p> <p>Those aren't your only options, but that's all I could say off the top of my head, for I am no expert.</p> <p>When you're at the terminal prompt, have you been able to set up your Internet (in order to run 'apt-get' to upgrade to the latest software in the Ubuntu repo)?</p>Andy AlkalineThu, 13 Feb 2014 00:02:09 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3285Answer by ruisliphttp://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3266<p>Thanks Ken, my X-window display job starts whether or not I am booting from the DVD. But then it always fails.<br> The Xorg log shows VESA(0): initialising int 10<br> VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x0 out of range . . . Unloading vbe<br> Screens found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found. The laptop is very new.</p>ruislipTue, 24 Dec 2013 02:16:11 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3266Answer by KenJacksonhttp://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3265<p>I'm don't know what "<em>loaded</em>" means. Did you <em>install</em> Ubuntu from the DVD onto the PC's hard drive and then boot from the hard drive? Or are you booting from the DVD?</p> <p>One of the reasons that Ubuntu catapulted itself to the number one Linux distro (for a while) is that it's easy to install and use. By default it installs the X-window graphical display system and a desktop, and it starts them up by default on boot. It sounds like X isn't starting or it failed to start or maybe it wasn't installed.</p> <p>Is the laptop very old? Maybe it doesn't have enough RAM or disk space or an adequate graphics capability. If X tried to start but failed, you should find an error message in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.</p>KenJacksonFri, 20 Dec 2013 12:22:54 -0500http://linuxexchange.org/questions/3202/how-can-i-manage-to-boot-my-laptop-into-a-desktop-display-instead-of-bash/3265