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How do I get the GUI to come back?
How to start GUI from command line?

I installed 12.04.1 and installation seemed to go fine.
But now i have no GUI.
My screen shows the following:

bob@bob-desktop:"$

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    Would the person who down-voted our answer & this question please explain why? Thanks Sep 3, 2012 at 15:28
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    @FernhillLinuxProject Yes, downvoting with no comment is frustrating. It's usually because the question is an obvious dupe and shows no effort to search first, or is off-topic. This one is a dupe of several others, so I'm down-voting the question, up-voting your answer, and also casting a close vote. Your answer is fine though, it matches the answers at the linked duplicates. Sep 3, 2012 at 17:13
  • ..... what? This question is bizarre. Could you clarify, do you boot directly to this prompt, or do you get it after doing somethiing else? I can think of no way that you could be logged into your user account directly after booting... try restarting an please describe in more detail.
    – Jjed
    Sep 3, 2012 at 18:59
  • You probably didn't use the same installation media as the first time. That is probably why someone who isn't me downvoted. Look at either how do I install a gui for ubuntu server or how do I start a gui from the command line. Sep 3, 2012 at 21:44

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Try using the following command,

startx    

then press Enter

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    Would the person who down-voted our answer & this question please explain why? Thanks Sep 3, 2012 at 15:28
  • Works with a slight modification: sudo startx. Same thing is happening to me. Using NVidia GeForce GTX 460. I'm guessing installing the proprietary drivers will probably help. I'll try that and report back. Sep 9, 2012 at 3:09
  • Didn't work as expected. I get the graphical environment, but there are no icons or controls so it's non-functional. Sep 9, 2012 at 3:12

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