Re: Unable to boot into the Gnome desktop after installing Debian Buster 10.4
On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 07:36:06PM +0000, gajuph4pre@yahoo.com wrote:
> I chose the option Expert Install when I installed Debian Buster.
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> I did not install any desktop environment, print server or the standard system utilities offered during installation.
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> After successfully installing the OS, I rebooted into tty2 and installed the packages named below:
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> xorg gnome-core gnome-tweak-tool synaptic gedit gdebi file-roller
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> I did not want a bloated Gnome desktop environment and instead opted for a minimal install of it.
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> Next I rebooted the OS and there was a list of messages flashing quickly on my screen. All of them were prefixed with [OK] with the word OK in bright green. I assumed there were no errors.
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> However instead of booting into the Gnome desktop, all I got is a white cursor blinking in the top left hand corner of my screen whose background is black.
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> I appreciate any help you could give to have the Gnome desktop working.
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> Useful information
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> 1. Before installing Debian, Secure Boot is enabled in the BIOS.
> 2. The machine is not connected to the internet during installation.
>
Oh jeeez,
somebody again who thinks he is so much smarter than the maintainers packaging a decent OS
for you for free. But not able to read enough documentation to actually pull it off.
Install the gnome desktop enviroment. Yes YOU WANT THAT!
-H
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Henning Follmann | hfollmann@itcfollmann.com
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