Stuck in tty mode

[james80]

Hi.

Sorry for my english ;-)

Hello,

I am on debian 10 with the xcfe desktop environment and I don't understand why but since yesterday I can't get back to my desktop.
Each reboot puts me in terminal mode.

I still have access to the hard drive but I no longer have wifi.

My questions:

1- an idea why and the options.
2- is it possible to activate wifi in tty
3- if I am unable to return to environment desktop mode, is it possible to move a folder to a usb key, I have access to tty, I can see that folder

Thank you

 

[Tolkem]

1- an idea why and the options.

There can be a number of reason why that is happening. Once in tty, run this command:

$ startx

this should start the DE, if you get any errors note them down and post them here.

2- is it possible to activate wifi in tty

Yes, it is. You need to do a couple of things:
1. Write down wifi's ssid and password.
2. Edit /etc/network/interfaces file:

$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

and add the following lines:

#wifi
allow-hotplug wifi-interface-name, i.e. wlan0.
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wpa-ssid SSID
        wpa-psk PASSWORD

3. Bring up your interface:

$ sudo ifup wifi-interface-name, i.e. wlan0

4. Verify the connection:

$ ip  a

3- if I am unable to return to environment desktop mode, is it possible to move a folder to a usb key, I have access to tty, I can see that folder

Yes, it is.
1. cd to the location of the folder you want to move:

$ cd /path/to/folder

2. Move the folder to your desired new location:

$ cp -r -v /path/to/folder /path/to/new/location

Hope this helps!