Lost gui after ending xorg process.

[MG&TL]

Hmmm. Weird. Googling up on apt now about installation candidates.

[Alexalad]

If it changes things, I downloaded packages: xorg, xserver-xorg, and ubuntu-desktop. I put those packages on an external usb. Then I took the packages and copied them to my /var/cache/apt/archives directory, because somebody told me that should allow me to install the 3 packages...which it did not, obviously.

Also, I don't know how packages are installed and what not, but it might be worth noting, that I have no internet access from the terminal. I've tried connecting using the terminal, but I always get an error. I had wifi before my gui broke, too.

[MG&TL]

Oh. Okay, fairly simple then, I should think.

First of all, you can install debian packages by copying them from a USB and using:

cd <folder containing debs>
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Secondly, packages are typically installed by downloading a package, setting up the necessary records of what goes where, and calling dpkg.

[Alexalad]

I also get this dependency error sometimes when I try apt-get install commands:

E: unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

When I try the -f form of the command I get something very similar:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
Xserver-xorg: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.7) but it is not installable
Depends: xserver-xorg-video-all but it is not installable or
xserver-xorg-video-6
Depends: xserver-xorg-input-all but it is not installable or
xserver-xorg-input-7 but it is not installable
Depends: xserver-xorg-input-evdev but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[Alexalad]

The dpkg command output:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration xserver-xorg:
xserver-xorg depends on xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.7); however:
package xserver-xorg-core is not installed

And it says this package depends on a bunch of other packages that start with xorg or xserver.

[MG&TL]

Hmm. Two ways around this.


1. Get your wifi to connect via command-line, possible, just can vary wildly in difficulty from person to person. This should autmagically install deps.

2. Manually (yes, I'm sorry) download all of the X stuff (and their deps), then dpkg them.

I can't really help to got your internet connected, but there are several who can.

3. Reinstall. Backup your stuff, then nuke. If neither of the above fix, do that.

[Alexalad]

Ok, I think I'm going to try do it manual (here comes a long, fun saturday night) because I've already spent hours trying to connect to my wifi. But there were SO MANY PACKAGES. Sigh...Welp. Better get started, wish me luck!

[MG&TL]

Wish you the best of luck. I do sympathise, I have had to do this on a debian install at one point. And do them one by one, apt doesn't usually remove all of the packages that a package depended on.

And if you do get it working, it's probably the best-loved ubuntu ever!

[Alexalad]

Ok, so after the manual method didn't work. I found a way to connect to wifi. So how can I use this to help me because trying to install xorg just output the same thing when I didn't have wifi. And yes, i'm positive i'm connected because ping is working fine. Any ideas.

[MG&TL]

Okay, so what (exactly) does it say when you install:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core

?