Upon boot, NOOBS GUI only stays onscreen for approximately 15 seconds

Question

Upon boot, NOOBS GUI only stays onscreen for approximately 15 seconds, and then the Command Line Interface appears.

How do I get back to the GUI, and how do I prevent the system from going to the CLI in the future?

Thanks for any help!

With startx. And you can add this to your .bash_profile to autologin to X on startup (as per wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#Autostart_X_at_login) Or by installing a displaymanager like LightDM — Swedgin, Jun 8, 2020 at 14:30
Thank you. startx did indeed get me back to the GUI, and it seems to be staying there and not reverting to the CLI. I do not understand why I have to do this extra step now. Previously the system would boot straight to the GUI and stay there. (???) — mwolfod, Jun 8, 2020 at 21:44
I have no idea honestly. Did you remove/change some dotfiles in your home folder or tinkered with config.txt? — Swedgin, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:27
No sir. I am a NOOB just like the software, so I don't even know how to access those files. It must have happened during a recent power loss, I guess (???) — mwolfod, Jun 9, 2020 at 14:47
ls -al shows you all your files in current directory (the ones starting with a dot are hidden files (aka dotfiles)). It could be that something got corrupted if you didn't turn it off correctly (Yey sd-cards :D). Try reflashing and see if it persists. — Swedgin, Jun 9, 2020 at 14:58

Sohan Arafat · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-10 07:30:38Z

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The command is

startx

or

xorg start

But my suggestion is you change the config.txt and startup settings for this to avoid this hassle.

answered Jun 10, 2020 at 7:30

Sohan Arafat

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Thanks fellas for the continued support. It is very helpful for a Linux Noob, using NOOB.
– mwolfod
Jun 11, 2020 at 1:18
@mwolfod Then please select the answer and end this topic please. Thank you.
– Sohan Arafat
Jun 11, 2020 at 9:07
Ok. Done. I didn't know the proper protocol on this Forum. Thank you and thanks to all.
– mwolfod
Jun 12, 2020 at 2:18

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