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My laptop worked perfectly util I initialized the build environment for Android. The GUI won't start. It looks like some kinds of graphics card problems. I tried to fix it but after trying a lot of solutions on the internet nothing worked. (I only know basic linux stuffs.) I've already reinstalled the OS. However, I still want to build the Android from source.

Any idea what might cause the problem? any workaround?

Here is the command that I used to initialize the build environment:

$ sudo apt-get install git gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
zip curl libc6-dev libncurses5-dev:i386 x11proto-core-dev \
libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 \
libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 tofrodos \
python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc zlib1g-dev:i386
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so

My laptop model is asus u36sd. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Asus_U36SD) Thanks

Edit: Base on this, I guess libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 might cause the issue.

sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri:i386

The following packages will be REMOVED:
libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-quantal libxatracker1-lts-quantal ubuntu-desktop xorg
xserver-xorg-lts-quantal xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-quantal
xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-quantal
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386
libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libllvm3.0:i386
libpciaccess0:i386 libstdc++6:i386
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  • initialize build as given in this fourm askubuntu.com/questions/256487/…
    – Gur-I
    Oct 24, 2013 at 15:33
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    Yes, I know exactly WHAT caused it (because it did it to me too) - the install of libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 wipes out most of X. WHY is another matter.
    – user258219
    Mar 14, 2014 at 14:02

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You have uninstalled quite a few important packages including ubuntu-desktop and xorg. This is the reason why you have no GUI. Still you have a shell running.

Before rebooting, switch to first terminal CTRL+ALT+F1 Log on. Then run

 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop xorg

Agree to remove libgl1-mesa-dri

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    @Grzeqorz: How is one supposed to remove libgl1-mesa-dri wihtout also removing ubuntu-dekstop or xorg? Seems like they are dependencies.
    – Jordan
    Nov 12, 2013 at 21:56
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I had the same problem. Simply re-installing the desktop using sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop followed by a reboot worked for me.

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    maybe with usage of the --reinstall modifier?
    – s3lph
    Jan 23, 2014 at 22:21

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