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I recently upgraded to Windows 11. I am not sure if this is what caused the problem or if it is some other underlying issue, but I tried to boot Ubuntu today using Oracle VirtualBox and I was greeted by this screen that I keep getting every time I boot up.

Screen that I keep getting every time I boot up

I ran apt list --upgradable, but this makes no difference. I have done that and rebooted and it didn't work either. I just can't get into the desktop environment.

karel
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    What does command `systemctl status default.target` report? – steeldriver Jan 22 '22 at 17:19
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    So... that is the OS. What exact version (and flavor) of Ubuntu is installed? Did you install Ubuntu Desktop or Ubuntu Server? Also, what happens when you do `startx` in that terminal? – cocomac Jan 22 '22 at 17:20
  • [Switching between virtual console and GUI](https://askubuntu.com/q/917320/) will get you back into the desktop environment. – karel Jan 22 '22 at 17:22
  • looks like a headless server installation to me – kanehekili Jan 22 '22 at 20:11
  • @steeldriver when I run that command it says this https://i.gyazo.com/7a83a8065325e682711513caca6dc5a5.png – ShinglesGordon98 Jan 24 '22 at 16:50
  • @cocomac I installed the desktop version I am fairly sure and its Ubuntu 20.04 as for flavours I just downloaded the system image off the official ubuntu page I didn't download Xubuntu or anything like that and when I run the startx command it just says that the command can't be found – ShinglesGordon98 Jan 24 '22 at 17:04
  • @ShinglesGordon98 What is the full filename of the ISO you downloaded? Was it something like Ubuntu Server? – cocomac Jan 24 '22 at 17:47
  • this is the file name ubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64 – ShinglesGordon98 Jan 24 '22 at 18:56

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