No GUI parrotOS Starting just in terminal

[Abbas_abbas]

Hello, i have an dualboot Laptop with parrotOS ans windows11 today i logged into parrotOS and everything was fine until i gor an error message about xdb or smth like that couldnt found so i opened a terminal and deleted it after that almost everything of my os got deleted i couldnt open and Programms like Terminal or firefox and much programms got deleted after that i rebooted and then the GUI to login wasnt there just a Form in console type to login After that i only see a console where i can execute commands. I tried alredy startx but i get an error that x couldnt be found.

My parrotOS Version is the latest.
I dont own an usb Drive and the Laptop has no cd Drive.

Is there anyway that i can Install parrotOS new from the console i get After Login? Its a normal terminal where almost all commands works. Sry for the Bad english

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• *ParrotOS latest

• **Application used for flashing the iso : usb pen from an Friend…didnt have it anymore.

[E_P]

I also face the same problem. Installing the latest home edition, but only able to boot to terminal without any gui. What I noticed is when it was still showing parrot logo and pressing F11, user login management is failed to start. Hope anyone knowledgeable enough will help.

[choulth (dan h racek)]

I can report the same issue after i installed the Home Edition: Only terminal, no GUI and no internet connection. I installed via VMware on a MacBookPro, not bare metal.

In addition, there seems to be an issue with the generated Swapfile (see screenshot)

[dmknght (Nông Hoàng Tú)]

All info and update is in here

No GUI after Installation on VMware & Swap File Problem

It’s a bug of calamares netinstaller. Architecture version is fine. I’m checking the Calamares again.

[danterolle]

Hello everyone!

the GUI issue has just been fixed. We are rebuilding the ISOs. A little more patience and you will see the updated 5.2.

For all those who are having problems with the security edition, edit /etc/fstab as root user and replace space_cache with space_cache=v2

Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.

[kereh (Ronaldo Kereh)]

i got the same problem “i cant enter my desktop” but i can fix it with this command:

$ mount -o remount,rw /dev/sdX / (for me : mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda6 /)

and it will enter the desktop after that open your terminal and edit the fstab using nano with sudo

$ sudo nano /etc/fstab

replace “space_cache” with “space_cache=v2” and save it, after that u need to reboot ur pc

$ sudo reboot

hope it will work for u.

[bertus (Bertus ten Hoor)]

Good afternoon,
If you don’t mind me asking, what is this value sdaX? and where do I find this value of x?
if I input this mount -o /dev/sdX I get a response already mounted and don’t get the desktop

the fstab cannot be edited from this none-desktop environment.

And the last question: in the fstab file the are two ’ values’ space_cache’ edit both of them?

Kindest regards

Bertus ten Hoor
Netherlands

[kereh (Ronaldo Kereh)]

yeah u need to edit both of them

[Brickwizard (Brian)]

the X is the partition number you have installed parrot on

[bertus (Bertus ten Hoor)]

ok thank you too. fstab cannot be edited in this terminal, what is the solution to that? the ’ mount …’ command as depicted in a former post doesn’t open the GUI desktop, so it seems like I won’t be able to edit fstab?

When will the new ISO be published (approx)?

Kindest regards!

[mardentrodemi]

I had the same issue. I just downloaded and burned the ISO again (torrent). Problem solved.
After installation, I didn’t reboot. And check fstab. space_cache=v2 was written.

[bertus (Bertus ten Hoor)]

YES! the Torrent version seems to be different… it works perfectly, thanks!!!