Lisi Reisz composed on 2015-03-30 09:53 (UTC+0100):
Felix Miata wrote:
Lisi Reisz composed on 2015-03-29 22:11 (UTC+0100):
a) This time, I shall uninstall LXDE as soon as I have TDE up and running. Ditto I shall uninstall lightdm as soon as I have tdm. I have to have a configurable terminal emulator to install TDE, or I would install without a DE and put just TDE on in the first place.
What stops you from not installing LXDE in the first place?
<quote from above> I have to have a configurable terminal emulator to install TDE, or I would install without a DE and put just TDE on in the first place. </quote>
That fact was clear, yet deficient. What exactly makes you need a configurable terminal emulator?
Are you unable to function on tty[1-6] in 80x25 mode (with no DE installed)?
On this television, I can't really see well enough to trouble shoot without a DE until I have managed to edit the console display, let alone edit my sources list and install anything. So no, I am not able to function on tty[1-6] with no DE installed.
If you can't see well enough due to lack of adequate size, is it that you don't know how to acquire adequate size? Text on a TV screen be made seriouslly big.
All my installs are HTTP minimal from netboot[1], after which I apt-get update and apt-get install mc', create /etc/apt/99local containing
APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0";,
adjust sources if necessary or desired, then apt-get or aptitude install whatever DM/DE I want or need. The installation result is lean, upgrades quicker, and doesn't have a menu loaded with apps I've never used or wanted.
[1] included on installation cmdline: tasks="standard" vga=791 video=1024x768@60
The required resolution depends surely on the monitor one is using?
Absolutely. The question is what's required for you, bigger text, bigger screen, bigger both? 1024x768 is a low res mode supported on some pretty big screens. Text 14pt & up is readily doable. Lower resolution still means bigger yet text. 80x25 on a TV screen can produce seriously large text.
If I could see well enough to do so on the machine in question, attached to my TV, I would do so. But I can't. So I do an install with LXDE (I can see the installer if I go close to the TV), configure the terminal emulator, and install TDE. Which I can configure to make it visible (all but the Google Chrome address bar), which is why I like it. Which is why I use it in the first place.
What is it that the TE does that helps?
My present trouble shooting is being made much harder by the fact that the console display seems to have gone back to default as a result of the update, so I can't see it anything like properly, even very close to.
Well, Testing + PEBKAC = disaster. :-(
What size does text need to be for you to be able to work with it? 12pt? 16pt? 24pt? larger yet?