Gene Heskett composed on 2019-04-05 07:58 (UTC-0400): > First is the tde desktop looks a bit strange. > When I installed, because getting rid of gnome is such a pain in the ass, > I chose xfce4 during the install, and although I've installed several > hundred of the core trinity bits, I still have an xfce4 desktop. > /etc/X11/default-display-manager says twm. /etc/init.d has lightdm. > I'm getting the tde login but am not getting tde. And I can't run a root > session in a Konsole, display 10 no perms. > I guess thats more than two problems. Do I rip lightdm out by its hair > with an rm to it in etc/init.d or what to actually get a tde x session > running? At this installation, these were kernel cmdline inclusions: tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false Thus there was nothing to get rid of to get a good clean TDE installation. # dpkg -l | grep lightdm # # inxi -GxxSM System: Host: fi965 Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 Desktop: Trinity R14.0.6 tk: Qt 3.5.0 wm: Twin dm: startx Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P5B-Deluxe v: Rev 1.xx serial: MB-1234567890 BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1238 date: 09/30/2008 Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV620 PRO [Radeon HD 3470] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 1002:95c0 Display: server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa alternate: ati resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV620 (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.9.0-8-amd64 LLVM 3.9.1) v: 3.3 Mesa 13.0.6 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes # ll /etc/alternatives/*n-manager lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Apr 29 2017 /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager -> /opt/trinity/bin/starttde # aptitude search libinp p libinput-bin - input device management and event handling library - udev quirks p libinput-dev - input device management and event handling library - development files p libinput-pad-dev - On-screen Input Pad to Send Characters with Mouse - dev p libinput-pad-xtest - On-screen Input Pad to Send Characters with Mouse - xtest p libinput-pad1 - On-screen Input Pad to Send Characters with Mouse - libs p libinput-tools - input device management and event handling library - command line tools v libinput-tools:any - p libinput10 - input device management and event handling library - shared library p xserver-xorg-input-libinput - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver p xserver-xorg-input-libinput-dev - X.Org X server -- libinput input driver (development headers) # dpkg -query | grep input ii xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1 amd64 X.Org X server -- evdev input driver ii xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1:1.9.2-1+b1 amd64 X.Org X server -- mouse input driver # cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager /opt/trinity/bin/tdm # systemctl status tdm � tdm.service - Trinity Display Manager Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tdm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Docs: man:tdm-trinity(1) -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/