[wellylug] X Server
Cliff Pratt
enkidu at cliffp.com
Sun Apr 15 21:22:46 NZST 2007
Leo McKEEFRY wrote:
> Hi Cliff,
> I managed to get enter to bring up a screen that doesn't
> mean much to me and needs to be sped read as it scrolls up the screen
> and then gives a whole lot of stuff on ubuntu ending with ubuntu§ubuntu:$
> My keyboard is a standard 104 key PS2.cheers Leo.
>
Try hitting the pause key and see if you can get some of the 'stuff'.
That 'ubuntu$' at the end looks much like a command prompt. Does the
screen clear at the end, or is some of the 'stuff' left on there? If so,
can you please transcribe some of it?
I don't know if you know some Linux/Unix or not Leo, so I'm going to
assume *nothing*. Sorry if I state the obvious.
When you boot a Linux/Unix or even Windows system, the system runs a lot
of tasks to get the system up and running. On Windows this is all
hidden. On Linux/Unix it gets blatted at the screen. You don't have to
read this stuff. In fact, you can't because it whizzes by.
Some GUI based Linux/Unix systems also hide this stuff. If something
goes awry you may also see it.
The natural state of a Linux?unix system is the command line. This is
often the machine name followed by a dollar sign. If you see this then X
has not started.
If you run Linux it is a good idea to become a little bit familiar with
the command line, so that you can diagnose problems, but it can be a
steep learning curve.
Cheers,
Cliff
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