How can I get kubuntu-desktop to come up?

boot kubuntu login kde .desktop

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Solution 1

To disable the command line interface as default login mode, we need to modify the /etc/default/grub file. TO do so, do the following:

Login to your session from the command line (introduce your username, Enter, then the password, Enter again)
Open the above file using your default text editor. It could be gedit, or nano. Do so like this:
```
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
```
If you don't know your text editor, try installing any of the above and repeat, as usual:
```
sudo apt-get install gedit
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
```
Once you are in, look for this line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash text"

You have to delete the text bit, so it looks like this:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Then, save that file (look for he short-cuts at the bottom of the editor).
Finally, update the grub:

Then update Grub:

sudo update-grub

Now, restart. There you have the GUI back!

Solution 2

luchonacho's solution above nearly works - it boots the X server with the Kubuntu splash, but never brings on the login screen. So I restored the text login, and found that if I correct the ownership of the files in my $HOME/.configure I can bring up my regular, non-root Kubuntu desktop with startx. Not a clean solution, but it works.

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AdamReed

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

AdamReed over 1 year
I just upgraded my Kubuntu server to Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. Now it only gives me the console login on boot - no desktop. It previously booted into kubuntu-desktop. I tried
```
sudo apt-get purge kubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
```
(this worked before) but now it still boots to console login only. What do I need to do to get it to boot into kubuntu-desktop?

I can get a root kubuntu-desktop with
```
sudo startx
```
but I want a normal, safe, ordinary user desktop.

With many thanks,

Adam
- Mark Kirby almost 8 years
  
  Run startx without the sudo.
AdamReed almost 8 years

Thank you. This nearly works - it boots the X server with the Kubuntu splash, but never brings on the login screen. So I restored the text login, and found that if I correct the ownership of the files in my $HOME/.configure I can bring up my regular, non-root Kubuntu desktop with startx. Not a clean solution, but it works.
Admin almost 8 years

Good. You could write that as a new answer, to mark as solved.