fdisk question

[hatmancan]

i have tried everything to get my desktops back..
i am wondering what would happen if i run fdisk -l at my root@desktop~$
can anyone let me know
ty
hat

[Idefix82]

If you run

sudo fdisk -l
you will see a list of your partitions. What exactly is wrong with your desktop? What do you mean by "get the desktops back"?

[taurus]

It would just show you the layout of your harddrive(s). It's not going to hurt your system or anything.

The big question is how did you "kill" your desktop?

[hatmancan]

i tried to install kubuntu.. i did have kde but did not like it as compiz would not work..
it took over 6 hrs to install the package and wwhen it booted up it showed a desktop with 3 different options.
i beleive qassar was one,dave and another..
mouse would not work or key board to enter the desktop login.
i let it run for about 1/2 hr and decided to reboot again and that is when all the problems started..

i have to type startx at the root desktop.
this takes me to a screen with 4 different options..
repair
root boot
etc.
i tried all 4 and only way is to type startx and this will take me to ubuntu log in screen but neithewr keyboard or mouse work..
i had to switch to xp to get to here and try to figure this out..
i can right click my comp and see my drive with all kinds of files..
i seem to have 5 hard drives installed on my ubuntu hd..
does this help
ty again
hat

[hatmancan]

Out of curiosity i have been searching and found the following to try..
<ALT>+<SysRQ OR Prnt Screen> +<command key
which areR,E,I,S,U,B
it says to do each one seperately and let them run their course..
would this make me lose any data?
and can i do this from the root@desktop~$
hat