I am trying to run Ubuntu 12.04 from a disc, without installing it on the hard disk.
All I can access is a command line but no graphical interface. The command line is ubuntu@ubuntu
or something similar.
How do I get a GUI in live mode?
$ startx
Is the command to start up the GUI. However if it did not start automatically then there is probably something wrong that prevented it from started in the first place.
startx
?