27 Sep
2020
27 Sep
'20
10:05 p.m.
On Sunday 27 September 2020 09:20:31 Uwe Brauer via tde-users wrote:
Did you try "sudo dpkg --purge --force-all desktop-base"? In the past, at
least on my own system, I have found this to solve a problem that sounds
similar to yours.
The default package desktop-base seems to conflict with desktop-base-trinity,
although it usually doesn't come up as an error. Other contenders
(desktop-base-* for other DEs) might also conflict.
Before purging desktop-base (the default), then make sure that
desktop-base-trinity is installed. Then run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure
tdm-trinity" and "sudo dpkg-reconfigure desktop-base-trinity".
If I am forced to use another DE as a workaround sometimes, or for purposes of
troubleshooting, then I myself would prefer MATE or xfce, as they are the
least intrusive, and don't conflict much with TDE.
Bill
On Tuesday 22
September 2020 03:28:32 pm Uwe Brauer via tde-users wrote:
Hey Uwe,
If I read the whole thread right you just need google-chrome to work
because of uni?
That is a strong reason, the other would be a working audio/video system
for conferences (and Ubuntu 16,04+trinity gave me some headaches already
on this machine, which I could fortunately solve, well more or less)
As a thought, try the Devuan and MX Linux Live
USBs and see if either
will install/run google-chrome first. Both Devuan and MX will install
TDE.
Thanks, that would be a method of last resort. That laptop is anyhow
thought as a backup solution if other things fails. The laptop is
from 2009.
Right now I can live with lightdm (also it looks odd to me).
Thanks
Uwe