dcottingham
February 18th, 2009, 03:20 AM
I just ran the xubuntu 8.10 alternate installer on a computer, get to the reboot, and am astonished to be staring at a dumb terminal. I look in /var/log, there is no Xorg.0.log. I look in /etc/X11, there is no xorg.conf, not even the empty one that seems to be the latest fashion. I can find no evidence that the installer made any attempt to set up an X desktop.
So I started the installation over from scratch, and this time when I get to the screen that lists a few optional components (print server, mail server, ...) I check the box for kubuntu desktop. Now when we get to the reboot, I find myself looking at a kubuntu desktop. On the login screen I have the choice of "default", "KDE", or "Failsafe".
So from the xubuntu installer I have a working kubuntu desktop, but I can't seem to get any xubuntu desktop. Any ideas what's going wrong?
Perhaps a related question -- somewhere towards the end of the installation it says something about gathering info for an installation report. Where can I find this report?
Thanks.
So I started the installation over from scratch, and this time when I get to the screen that lists a few optional components (print server, mail server, ...) I check the box for kubuntu desktop. Now when we get to the reboot, I find myself looking at a kubuntu desktop. On the login screen I have the choice of "default", "KDE", or "Failsafe".
So from the xubuntu installer I have a working kubuntu desktop, but I can't seem to get any xubuntu desktop. Any ideas what's going wrong?
Perhaps a related question -- somewhere towards the end of the installation it says something about gathering info for an installation report. Where can I find this report?
Thanks.