GUI not loading but going to login

bevins wrote:

This has to do with microcode for the processor. Let me guess it is an AMD?

 

Clive wrote:

I have a PC that does not load the gui on start up, but instead goes to a login prompt.I have put the SSD in various PC's without any issues.  I suspect that the clue is in the first line of the pic.  

 

Bump
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+

I am not sure if this PC can be used

tommylight wrote:

Log in then type
startx
see what comes up, i have a suspicion on graphic something or another.

tommylight wrote:

Hmm that usually means another instance of xorg is already running, so type
sudo top
and check if there is anything X related already running.
Edit:
BTW, even if you manage to make it work, i would not use that PC for machine control, it seems like a hardware issue so sooner or later it will mess up.

tommylight wrote:

sudo dmesg | grep xconf
sudo dmesg | grep video
sudo dmesg | grep vga
sudo dmesg | grep amd
sudo dmesg | grep radeon
sudo dmesg | grep nvidia

check each of them for clues.
Friendly advice:
From experience, if Linux does not start on a PC, do a clear cmos and try again, if it does not work = throw in a bin and get another one.
Linux works with all kinds of hardware and might have issues with some, but find me an operating system that works with RISC processors ???