I've experienced the "no GUI after installing lubuntu" problem. Here are the details relevant to my case:-
Here are the technical details:- -rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian 630M Sep 28 17:10 lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian 444 Sep 28 17:07 MD5SUMS_lubuntu ian@rutherford:~/isos$ md5sum lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso 62da9daeaa314fa22b6fbced57568827 lubuntu-14.10-beta2-alternate-i386.iso It installed OK with no problems. However, when booted up, apart from the BIOS screen, nothing is displayed. This PC originally had a working lubuntu 14.04LTS running on it perfectly. Hardware used:- Dell Optiplex GX50 1.3GHz Celeron 512MB RAM 20GB Hard disc CD-ROM drive Grub2 does run. I've switched it on and pressed the left shift button to get to the Grub2 screen and played around with that to no a -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371651 Title: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation Status in Light Display Manager: Invalid Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: used the daily iso 2015-09-19 i386 ran installation on virtualbox 4.3.16 after installation, the system won't boot into the graphical interface. instead, switching to vt1 and back to vt7 reveals the attached errors. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-16.22-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 19 17:09:17 2014 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=de InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140919) ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1371651/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
