I restarted ubuntu and now it's console only, it asks for my login (which I know). How can I go back to GUI?
This is on VMWare by the way
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Is this a GUIless server install? – George Udosen Sep 27 '18 at 16:30
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No, it was working until now. I hadn't used this for some months, now I logged in and restarted a couple of times and this last time I just got sent into this screen. – Lucas Sep 27 '18 at 16:31
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ALT+CTRL+F7 doesn't work, although I can switch between ALT+CTRL+F1-F6. – Lucas Sep 27 '18 at 16:32
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On the Console type
sudo systemctl isolate multi-user.target
and then reboot your system. This should work in most cases but if it doesn't try if you are using gdm
sudo systemctl enable gdm
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sudo ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service' '/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service'
reboot.
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So I tried the first thing you suggested and rebooting didn't fix it, it went back to the console thing. The second part didn't work either, gave out an error, let me copy it here: Failed to enable unit. Unit file gdm.service does not exist – Lucas Sep 27 '18 at 16:40
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after that type sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm and try switching between gdm or ldm – Jatin-CBS Sep 27 '18 at 16:58
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I think it just died, I restarted again to try what you said and now it's just blinking some white text about "Assuming drive cache" bla bla bla – Lucas Sep 27 '18 at 17:05
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or try installing gnome package but i recommend reinstalling in such cases – Jatin-CBS Sep 27 '18 at 22:59