On Sunday 29 March 2015 19:23:54 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Sonntag, 29. März 2015 schrieb Lisi Reisz: > > On Sunday 29 March 2015 14:46:51 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Hi Lisi! > > > > > > Assuming yout TDE-Installation is (almost) sane, please do from the > > > commandline (not terminal in X11): > > > > > > # aptitude install tdm-trinity > > > > It installed and removed 0 packages!! > > > > > # dpkg-reconfigure tdm-trinity > > > > Complained about a systemd stop daemon. Said, I think, that there was a > > systemd dm running which I had to stop. Complained, I think, about a > > lack of a tdm systemd service. Told me, I think, to do: (in order to run > > stop-daemon?) > > > > start-stop-daemon --help > > > > The result was illegible to me, and therefore incomprehensible. > > > > I am really struggling here. I have lost all my nice enlarged fonts! > > > > > # reboot > > > > Thanks, Nik. > > > > Can anyone meake any sense of what I did manage to see and remember? > > > > Lisi > > Hi Lisi! > > Oooops... systemd madness :-) > > Just to make sure I understand right: > - after the reboot: is tdm-trinity running or is it any other display > manager (lightdm, gdm ..)? - you log in using tde-trinity and end up with > LXDE instead of TDE? No. I get an error message that xsession is unable to launch and it is launching the default. I have to click on OK and I end up with LXDE, which I have uninstalled and which <aptitude show> says is not installed. :-/ If you don't believe me, I don't blame you. > > > # aptitude install tdm-trinity > > To reinstall tdm-trinity you could try: > # aptitude reinstall tdm-trinity Have just tried that. I managed to get some of the error message. Please allow for the fact that I could barely see what I was copying, not helped by the sides of the television cutting off the edges of the display. And that I am a lousy typist. There are likely to be errors. That is why I prefer copy and paste. ;-) The left-hand edge is missing in what follows: ------------------------------------------------------ up tdm-trinity 94:14.0.1~pre21-0debian8.0.0.2~a)... top-daemon:pid value must be a number greater than 0 start-stop-daemon --help for more information ---------------------------------------- I then tried # dpkg-reconfigure tdm-trinity I got the following error message, left hand edge missing again: ------------------------------------------ 064319]systemd-default-display-manager-generator[1316]:/lib/systemd/system/tdm.service is not a systemd unit. we disable the systemd enabled display manager top-daemon:pid value must be a number greater than 0 start-stop-daemon --help for more information ----------------------------------------------------------- The whole thing is crackers. Since I could reinstall in a couple of hours, from scratch to the point of having configured everything including downloading large mice, is it silly to waste any more of your - or my - time? a) This time, I shall uninstall LXDE as soon as I have TDE up and running. Ditto I shall uninstall lightdm as soon as I have tdm. I have to have a configurable terminal emulator to install TDE, or I would install without a DE and put just TDE on in the first place. b) I shall update more often so that I do not have 313 upgrades to cause problems! Though I don't think that it was the number of upgrades that was the problem initially. I forgot to reconfigure the dm before I rebooted. Thank you very much for all your help Nik. Lisi