Cannot start ubuntu-desktop

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Published on 2012-04-13T16:35:30Z Indexed on 2012/04/13 17:42 UTC
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I am mainly a Windows technician and am trying to install ubuntu server. Everything worked fine and I can log in using the shell but when I installed ubuntu-desktop it just refuses to start? I did try startx and I get the message "server already running" I tried "start gdm" (what is this supposed to do?) and it comes back with "Job is already running: gdm"

I know that the server version is not really for ubuntu-desktop but all our other servers are like that and I want it, is there any help out there?

Ps. the server is running on a VM install that my IT department made for me and I connect to the machine shell using "Tera Ter Web 3.1"

Thank you Jack

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