On 8 April 2014 09:26, Robert Peters robertpeters9@gmail.com wrote:
Finally, to have Linux on the new laptop with working wifi, I installed Lubuntu. Added the Trinity repositories in order to bring in a few programs, but haven't been able to install the whole Trinity desktop. There are broken packages, maybe due to having to use the raring version in sources.list while the Lubuntu version is saucy. Oh well, I am travelling tomorrow but will have more questions in a few days... Robert
Travelling done. Now for the jet lag...
In sources.list I updated all the repository (except for Trinity) versions to saucy. This fixed the broken packages problem, and I installed many key Trinity pkgs. But maybe not enough or not the right ones. I (foolishly) chose kdm-trinity as the desktop on next login - and haven't been able to boot into Linux since.
Now I want to reset the desktop default to Lubuntu LXDE and get back in to install things properly. Some questions: 1 - how to access the HDD from a live session running off a USB? 1a - changing the desktop default - I think it's in .xinitrc or a related file? 2 - in some detail, what needs installing to make sure the next startup will work and display the Trinity desktop?
Thanks again - Robert