urgent+ubuntu 8.04 desktop+post installation trouble

[Donny George]

thnx for the mail aart

i did get into the graphics mode with the recovery mode. but i am not an
expert in the linux OS, i found a wiki page for console login which asks me
to enter dpkg -S /sbin/init
and then it shows upstart:/sbin/init

frmo here i have no idea how to proceed. :(

donny


On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:46 PM, David Fox <dfox94085 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Donny George <donny008 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hello
> >
> > i have just finished installing the ubuntu 8.04 desktop and all the
> > installation steps went perfectly fine. but now once i restart and try to
>
> Check to see if there is a method (there should be) to permit console
> login. Upon selecting that, you should be dropped to a text console,
> make sure you can login with your name and password. If that doesn't
> work, try recovery mode, or another live cd that lets you into an
> environment where you can mount your current root partition, and do
> things like reset the password - if indeed the password is something
> that needs fixing.
>
> If you can get in via "the back door" you can stop gdm/kdm and do a
> regular startx to get into x, or troubleshoot the x part if that's
> something that needs to be done.
>
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