Linux boots into terminal ????? Help please

[Zore]

So I have been using mint on my pc as a dual boot (windows 10) for a while and this time it just boots into the terminal. I typed in the user and pass and then tried “startx” and that didn’t work it just gives me error messages. I’ve researched this on the internet for a little while now and everything I’ve tried doesn’t work. Any help is greatly appreciated

[deepakdeshp]

please paste output of

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 inxi -Fxz

8n code tags.

[Zore]

So how do i copy and paste something from
My pc to my phone? Idk how so here’s a picture of my screen https://imgur.com/a/kD2Z6UB thanks

[silvatech]

whats the error message it gives you when you do startx?

[Zore]

Sorry for the bad image I literally couldn’t get it to focus https://imgur.com/a/6zjklzh thanks

[kato181]

I presume windoz 10 was the first O/S installed then mint?

[Zore]

yes!

[Hoser Rob]

So how do i copy and paste something from
My pc to my phone? ...

You boot the live CD from USB stick, run inxi -Fxz in the terminal, post the text output here. Easy. You can't diagnose these problems without some decent system info.

[Zore]

So how do i copy and paste something from
My pc to my phone? ...

You boot the live CD from USB stick, run inxi -Fxz in the terminal, post the text output here. Easy. You can't diagnose these problems without some decent system info.

Hey! That worked! I booted from a live install and here ya go Thanks for telling me what to do im such a noob I wouldn't be opposed to just reinstalling Linux tbh but i'd like that to be the worst case scenario

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System:    Host: mint Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.8.8 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1)
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z270-P v: Rev X.0x serial: N/A
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0321 date: 11/24/2016
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-7700K (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Skylake rev.9 cache: 8192 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 33600
           clock speeds: max: 4600 MHz 1: 3732 MHz 2: 3921 MHz 3: 4076 MHz
           4: 3785 MHz 5: 3903 MHz 6: 3884 MHz 7: 3419 MHz 8: 4005 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 2560x1080@59.94hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: NV134
           version: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA GP104 High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Card-2 Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Card-3 Razer USA driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 001-005
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: wl bus-ID: 04:00.0
           IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
           IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 4266.9GB (13.8% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST2000DM006 size: 2000.4GB temp: 42C
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB temp: 0C
           ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: BUP_Slim_BK size: 2000.4GB temp: 0C
           ID-4: USB /dev/sdd model: N/A size: 16.0GB temp: 0C
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.8G used: 222M (3%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 20.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 45.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 241 Uptime: 4 min Memory: 1059.8/15972.6MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56

[silvatech]

well image you posted of the xserver error I am wondering if your user permission got goofed up?

Try sudo startx, but if it loads up your not going to want to use it like that. This just rules out a few things.