On Sunday 29 March 2015 23:38:48 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>
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.
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?
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.
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. :-(
Lisi