More precisely, no Display Manager (DM). Even if you do have a Desktop
Environment installed, the DM is responsible for automatically starting
it.
Please try to log in on the console and run:
startx
startx ha the output:
/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc: 3: exec: /usr/bin/X: not found
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
If you do get a Desktop Environment (which one?) most likely all you
need is to install a DM. For Gnome you probably want GDM (package
'gdm').
Apologies, that should have been clearer, I meant: please post the
output of:
journalctl -ab
(requires root or sudo to get useful output)
The output is quite large. Which are the interesting entries to post?
as well as the *contents* of /var/log/Xorg.0.log or
~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log (whichever exists).
Both files do not exist.
Since you don't have a DM installed these are only useful if the Desktop
Environment fails to start.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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It appears that neither DM nor DE are installed. Should I start with a DM?