Re: buster xfce fails to start
On Mon 06 Jan 2020 at 09:42:46 -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 4:18 AM ghe <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > > On Jan 6, 2020, at 01:37 AM, Russell L. Harris <russell@rlharris.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I just installed Buster via netinst on an amd desktop. I specified
> > > xfce. The system boots but no login screen or GUI appears. Alt-F4
> > > allows me to log in and reboot or shutdown.
> >
> > XFCE doesn't have a GUI login; you have to install one. I've used slim for
> > years, on many computers.
> >
> > Or you can just log in to the CLI and type 'startx.'
>
>
> That's funny: I installed Buster on a Laptop just last week via netinst,
> and selected xfce (Expert Install menu), and got lightdm. What's different
> with the Original Poster?
ghe has likely confused the dependencies of task-xfce-desktop with
those of xfce4. Hence the incorrect statement that "XFCE doesn't have
a GUI login; you have to install one." As for why the OP ended up in
his present situation - that is as yet unknown.
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