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Re: 20210210_raspi_4_buster.img - howto boot in graphics mode



As an aside, I found it interesting that you can run xorg and wayland
at the same time in different virtual terminals (ctrl-alt-Fn).  But
I've yet to find a use for wayland.

On 2/23/21, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 06:00:03PM +0100, martin wrote:
>> This morning I downloaded this image 20210210_raspi_4_buster.img from
>> https://raspi.debian.net/verified/ and installed it on a sdcard. All
>> looks
>> well in console mode, so I installed KDE and did run adduser to create a
>> normal user. But now I cannot find out how to boot into graphics mode.
>> There
>> is no good old startx but the sddm login is in /etc/init.d. I tried to
>> start
>> it but I don't get any reaction. So my question is:
>>
>> How do I boot into graphics mode?
>
> You probably didn't install it.  The image is probably kept as minimal as
> possible by default.
>
> running 'tasksel' should let you add the graphical desktop and such.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
>
>


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