I only have a command line when starting up

**WinterMadness** · July 14th, 2008

I dont have the server edition either, i installed via wubi.
I tried startx, that isnt a command.

this happened once before, but it went away on its own. I dont really like being stuck on windows so if someone could help that would be awesome

thanks

**halitech** · July 14th, 2008

sounds like you may have inadvertantly installed the server edition though. does it allow you to log in at least?

**kk0sse54** · July 14th, 2008

If you say startx isn't a command then it sounds like you don't have any DE installed or even X itself.

**TSS** · July 14th, 2008

Type:

Code:

X -version

Post the output here.

**WinterMadness** · July 14th, 2008

Originally Posted by C!oud

If you say startx isn't a command then it sounds like you don't have any DE installed or even X itself.

its weird cuz i was on ubuntu earlier today. My battery died earlier but I was on windows...

Ill try that command the other guy said in a moment

**WinterMadness** · July 14th, 2008

weird, it started working again. like i said this happened before
I dont understand why this would happen. my battery was extremely low... but it was also plugged in.

does anyone have any leads as to why this would happen? i tried starting it like 4 times less than an hour ago to no avail. but this time it worked fine.

**ChameleonDave** · July 14th, 2008

If it happens again, try typing some basic commands such as "ls /" to see whether you are in a proper shell.

I suspect that faulty hardware interrupted the start-up process.