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?
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