lost gui

[Jasleen Kaur]

i got login prompt. startx is not installed and i am unable to install it.
xinit installation shows, 'xinit has no installation candidate'
i am unable to update or upgrade. on update, it gives error ' could not
resolve archieve.ubuntu.com.


On Jun 22, 2014 7:34 PM, "Peter Smout" <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 22/06/14 14:55, Jasleen Kaur wrote:
>>
>> hi
>> i am using 12.04. my gui is not working. After grup, instead of opening
>> unity greeter, it opens console. i also found a message on a screen
>> during booting, this is not a bootable device.insert some boot device. i
>> was trying to make a bootable dvd. i think i did something wrong. then
>> this problm occurs. need urgent help !
>>
>>
>>
> Hi,
>
> You say it opens console what prompt do you get? (I.e GRUB: or login
prompt on your system?)
>
> Are you leaving the bootable DVD in place to test, if so is your base
system unaffected (and this is the live media reporting the error)
>
> If you reach the login prompt <Machine-name> login: type your username
and password in and try 'startx' to see if you reach the greeter!
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Pete S
>
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