Full screen Terminal when booting (help!)

[rbscairns]

My laptop is dual boot, Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04. Today in Ubuntu I was playing around deleting some files. When I rebooted there was no GUI. A full-screen Terminal was displayed asking for my user name and then my password. This I entered but the screen remained in Terminal - no GUI. My thoughts are that I probably deleted something that I shouldn't have.

In Ubuntu I use Duplicity to backup daily and the latest backup was performed about 10 hours before I lost access to Ubuntu's GUI. Is there any way to restore my Ubuntu GUI? I would rather not have to reinstall Ubuntu and set it all up again with all my wants/needs.

[ajgreeny]

"Deleting some files" as you put it is no help to us.
What were those files and where were they?

If they were in your home folder there is more chance we can get you back to a full GUI; if they were in your root filesystem things may be more difficult but what we need is more detailed information.

[currentshaft]

My laptop is dual boot, Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04. Today in Ubuntu I was playing around deleting some files. When I rebooted there was no GUI. A full-screen Terminal was displayed asking for my user name and then my password. This I entered but the screen remained in Terminal - no GUI. My thoughts are that I probably deleted something that I shouldn't have.

In Ubuntu I use Duplicity to backup daily and the latest backup was performed about 10 hours before I lost access to Ubuntu's GUI. Is there any way to restore my Ubuntu GUI? I would rather not have to reinstall Ubuntu and set it all up again with all my wants/needs.

Run "startx" and see what happens.

[rbscairns]

All file deletions wewre performed within Synaptic Package Manage, thinking this would be pretty safe. I was trying to delete all packages associated with OpenShot and Firefox.

[rbscairns]

Run "startx" and see what happens.

I did as you suggested and got

Then pressing enter, this was displayed

[currentshaft]

I did as you suggested and got

Then pressing enter, this was displayed

Try "sudo startx" and if that fails, check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors.

[rbscairns]

Try "sudo startx" and if that fails, check /var/log/Xorg.0.log for errors.

I tried sudo startx and got a similar result:

Unfortunately I do not know how to view the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file without access to the GUI.

[currentshaft]

less /var/log/Xorg.0.log

page up/down and arrow keys to navigate, q to quit

Also try "sudo apt install --reinstall xorg"

[rbscairns]

less /var/log/Xorg.0.log

page up/down and arrow keys to navigate, q to quit

Also try "sudo apt install --reinstall xorg"

less /var/log/Xorg.0.log

worked. The following line markings were listed:

(--) probed = 2 listings
(**) from config file = 71 listings approx.
(==) default setting = 26 listings
(++) from command line = 0 listings
(!!) notice = 0 listings
(II) informational = balance of listings
(WW) warning = 5 listings
(EE) error = 0 listings
(NI) not implemented = 0 listings
(??) unknown = 0 listings

What information should I be providing from the Xorg.0.log file?

[ajgreeny]

Have a look at all the lines marked WW, ie, the warnings.
You have no errors listed so there is nothing obvious so far.