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    Cool Sucessfully installed Kali 1.0.2, but incomplete GUI

    Hi all,

    Today I've successfully installed Kali 1.0.2 Gnome AMD64 (multi-os) on my Dell Studio laptop, but on start-up when the GUI shows up, all I see is Kali's background with the arrow of the mouse - no panels, no menus, no icons. Yet I'm able to switch TTYs easily.

    I'm pretty sure the install went well, but something's missing. Any help will be very much appreciated. Meanwhile I'll keep looking for a solution. Thank you!

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    Hi, I have the same issue installing the AMD64 version, kali-linux-1.0.2-amd64.iso, in VirtualBox 4.2.10. The installs completes without any issues but when the system boots I get the Kali background but no prompt to login.

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    I increased the vCPU's to 2 and then i was able to login.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fastjack View Post
    Hi all,

    Today I've successfully installed Kali 1.0.2 Gnome AMD64 (multi-os) on my Dell Studio laptop, but on start-up when the GUI shows up, all I see is Kali's background with the arrow of the mouse - no panels, no menus, no icons. Yet I'm able to switch TTYs easily.

    I'm pretty sure the install went well, but something's missing. Any help will be very much appreciated. Meanwhile I'll keep looking for a solution. Thank you!

    I am not sure this is the issue, but how much harddrive space did you give the VM?

    Please refer to this post: http://forums.kali.org/showthread.ph...in-Virtual-Box

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    Thx Brav0hax,

    This post is where i found the comment re: vCPU's

    http://forums.kali.org/showthread.ph...ght=virtualbox.

    this corrected the issue i was having of only seeing the background but no prompt to login.

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    Same issue, 64bit Kali 1.0.2 on VMware Workstation 9.0.2. Background and mouse visible but no login prompt. As suggested above moving from a single vCPU to 2 seems to correct it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fastjack View Post
    Hi all,

    Today I've successfully installed Kali 1.0.2 Gnome AMD64 (multi-os) on my Dell Studio laptop, but on start-up when the GUI shows up, all I see is Kali's background with the arrow of the mouse - no panels, no menus, no icons. Yet I'm able to switch TTYs easily.

    I'm pretty sure the install went well, but something's missing. Any help will be very much appreciated. Meanwhile I'll keep looking for a solution. Thank you!
    Are you using VM install?..Need to post complete info.

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    successful virtual box kali on dell inspiron 17r windows 8.. run v box with windows 7 compatibility , Linux, debian 64, give sufficient virtual ram and hdd space... only thing is I haven't got around using fern wifi inside v box.. any one?

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