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Re: NetInstall with XFCE and Cinnamon options

dummy@example.com (Gnostic) — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:51:30 +0000

I've just run sudo tasksel. It showed both XFCE and Cinnamon with "*" - which might just be a relic of what I selected during net install. I will try unstarring XFCE and just (re)install Cinnamon.

Re: NetInstall with XFCE and Cinnamon options

dummy@example.com (Gnostic) — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:47:39 +0000

@rbit - It was from this ISO
devuan_excalibur_6.1.1_amd64_netinstall

Re: NetInstall with XFCE and Cinnamon options

dummy@example.com (rbit) — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:36:27 +0000

Which version of devuan - daedalus (oldstable), excalibur (stable), freia (testing)?

Re: NetInstall with XFCE and Cinnamon options

dummy@example.com (kapqa) — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:46:01 +0000

you could do "sudo tasksel" and install from within xfce4 the cinnamon; maybe it got mixed up, and is missing some items; so you could clear it for you. with dual or more GUI things tend to becom messy, sometimes, unfortunately.

NetInstall with XFCE and Cinnamon options

dummy@example.com (Gnostic) — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 20:59:23 +0000

I've just use NetInstall to install Devuan on a newer machine. That worked fine, and I chose both XFCE and Cinnamon in the NetInstall options. Default logon is booting into XFCE, no problem. But if I press F1 before logon and choose Cinnamon, the logon then shows me a completely blank screen. Did I miss or forget something? Or does Cinnamon need reinstalling?