I restarted it and now I have this issue. I have tried typing in alt+f7, but that doesn't work. How do I get my desktop back?
3 Answers
I dont know if is mistake in posting a question or it is your misconception, but the right shortcut is ctrl
+alt
+f7
. Try and post feedback.
It is maybe a problem with your grub.
If you want to start the desktop, enter your login and your password, then launch startx
. But that will not solve your problem.
You have to check your grub config file:
grep 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\|GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\|GRUB_TERMINAL=' /etc/default/grub
You should get :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
If not make a copy of this file:
sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak
And change it to get the values that I give you
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Update your grup :
sudo update-grub
Then reboot and it should work again.
If its not a error due to a graphics or boot issue, you probably just need to reinstall the desktop and/or login manager by logging into that prompt and running:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
Note for other Ubuntu setups you may to try different commands instead - e.g. for Xubuntu
sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
Ubuntu gnome desktop
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop
etc