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Add a desktop to bullseye..

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aamcle
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Add a desktop to bullseye..

#1 Post by aamcle »

I have Bullseye sharing a Chromebook with ChromeOS and I'd like a desktop.
I have tried :-

sudo apt-get install task-kde-desktop

and sudo apt-get install kde desktop

neither worked both maybe they were applicable to a previous distro, the startKDE command returned "not found"

cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc returned directory not found.

any help much appreciated. aamcle

Victor Brand
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Re: Add a desktop to bullseye..

#2 Post by Victor Brand »

Read this and try

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sudo apt-get install kde-standard sddm
(sddm will provide you with graphical login screen to your desktop environment).

aamcle
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Re: Add a desktop to bullseye..

#3 Post by aamcle »

no still no GUI, I have got quite a lot of good stuff like libre office though. :)

aamcle

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Re: Add a desktop to bullseye..

#4 Post by Victor Brand »

Have you installed the X server as well?

Try to run:

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sudo apt-get install xorg
And then configure the X server:

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sudo X -configure
If everything is OK, this command will create a file /root/xorg.conf.new
Copy it to the X11 config directory and rename to xorg.conf:

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sudo cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
And then reboot. Hopefully, the GUI will start. If it doesn't, you'll need to properly configure you graphic drivers. IDK what GPU your ChromeBook has, but try studying corresponding articles on graphic drivers and graphic setup in the Wiki.

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Re: Add a desktop to bullseye..

#5 Post by arzgi »

Victor Brand wrote: 2021-09-10 22:29 Have you installed the X server as well?
apt handles dependencsies, if you install kde or any DE, it will pull X.

To OP:

I have no first hand experience, try web search:
  • linux to chromebook
  • Debian to chromebook

aamcle
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Re: Add a desktop to bullseye..

#6 Post by aamcle »

sudo apt-get install xorg ..............................................worked

sudo X -configure ......................................................returns server already running

sudo cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf................returnes cp: cannot stat '/root/xorg.conf.new no such directory.


I'll try to find were it has hidden xorg.comf.new


ATB aamcle

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Re: Add a desktop to bullseye..

#7 Post by Bulkley »

xorg.conf is rarely used anymore. If your system is working don't fix it. If you really need to fix something look to xrandr.

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