Problems loging in

[Colin Law]

On 30 March 2015 at 04:32, Bill <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/29/2015 4:09 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 29 March 2015 at 20:36, Bill <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 3/29/2015 3:01 AM, Niles Rogoff wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Pastie your logs and xinitrc
>>>>
>>> WS=> This sounds like a start, but the entire screen is black except for
>>> the
>>> mouse cursor.  Because the mouse cursor is visible, it seems that I am in
>>> a
>>> GUI (somewhat).  I've tried clicking the mouse where I think icons are
>>> but
>>> nothing (visible) happens.  What I need is a way to get to the command
>>> prompt (of course, it has to be visible.  Otherwise, it is useless. ).
>>> Once I can get to a command prompt, the real trouble shooting can begin.
>>
>> Try hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a terminal.  To get back use
>> Ctrl+Alt+F7.
>>
>> Colin
>>
> WS=> I tried it and I was able to get to the command line screen.  This only
> partly solves the problem.  Where do I go from here to get the MATE GUI
> working again?

Probably worth doing an update to make sure all your packages are up to date
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Colin