On 06/29/2020 09:12 AM, davidson wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 Richard Owlett wrote:
On 06/28/2020 09:36 AM, echo test wrote:
Hello,
If you want the desktop environment to be started automatically
check that systemd is configured to run in graphical environment
$> systemctl set-default graphical.target
If this is already setup, and you can launch your DE with startx,
check also that mate is the default DE with update-alternatives(8)
or you can add the startx command in /etc/profile.
That manpage was intriguing, if not educational. I went searching
for "update-alternatives tutorials". They all referenced Ubuntu and
each covered only one instance.
I'm looking for something that aims to answer "What can
update-alternatives do for me today?".
Have you reviewed any notes regarding what it did for you yesterday?
Yesterday's problems stemmed from installing mate-desktop-environment
rather than task-mate-desktop ;{
If so inclined, you could review the thread which begins with this
post:
lists.debian.org/msgid-search/1e117e50-2f61-a487-9663-9b0a8a5b2...@cloud85.net
To: debian-user
Subject: Configuring WebHTTrack as I WANT
From: Richard Owlett
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018
That problem and this week's problems are only loosely related.
I consider the Debian installer has a design flaw in that it does not
allow me to install _*ONLY*_ packages required by an explicit depends -
it insists on installing some undesirable "recommended" packages.
I've abandoned that fight for the time being.
[snip]
For a general overview, I would be hard pressed to improve on the
second and third paragraph above.
I was pointed to [ https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives ] which,
especially with its internal links, spoke to me.
Thanks
