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Gnostic

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Registered: 2023-11-11

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How to start desktop on Raspberry Pi3?

I've got Devuan installed and can boot to the command line.
So far so good.
How can I install and start a Desktop?
And which one?

Last edited by Gnostic (2023-11-11 17:27:14)

Camtaf

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Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 436  

Re: How to start desktop on Raspberry Pi3?

If 'startx' doesn't work, you need to install xorg & a WM/DE.

(It's been a while since I last installed it to a RPi....)

golinux

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: How to start desktop on Raspberry Pi3?

Welcome to the forum, Gnostic!

Have you looked at the README?

Did you download from here?

It can take a while to figure out where things are . . .

One more question . . . should this be moved to ARM builds where the ARM folks hang out? I may do that later . . .

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Gnostic

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Registered: 2023-11-11

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Re: How to start desktop on Raspberry Pi3?

Thanks folks, problem solved.

# upgrade from Chimaera to Daedalus

nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security main
#deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-backports main

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

(reboot)

apt install xfce4
apt install xfce-terminal
apt install xfce-goodies
apt install firefox-esr
startxfce4