Kali Linux 2020.1 tty1 ERROR
by Najam Ul Saqib
I found a horrible error when I installed the latest version of Kali Linux
on one of my machines, after installing the OS when I started it, it booted
into a black screen which asked for my login credentials without any GUI.
It is heartbreaking to see problems right away in a freshly installed
operating system but after some Googling, I dug out the solution which I
will share with you here.
Steps to solve No GUI tty1 Error in Kali Linux
1. First log in with your user credentials
2. Write command: cd /
3. Write command: cd etc/
4. Write command: cd apt/
5. Write command: cat sources.list
After step 5, you will see something like this:
As you can see, no repositories are mentioned here so obviously we'll
have to add kali official repositories to this file.
6. Write command: sudo nano sources.list
7. Write your password
8. Now add the following repositories at the end of the editable file
which is opened on the terminal:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free
contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free
contrib
9. After adding the above lines to the file, press Ctrl + O and Ctrl + X
to save and close the file respectively.
10. Write command: sudo apt-get update
11. After the update has completed, write command:
sudo apt-get install gdm3 , type Y(Yes) on the prompt. The
installation might take some time.
12. During installation, a wizard will open in which you have to change
the default display manager to gdm3 and hit
Enter!
13. Write command: reboot
Now you will be able to see the GUI.