[this appears to have been meant for the list] On Vi, 10 dec 21, 20:25:26, Thanos Katsiolis wrote: > > Yes, it's possible, e.g. in case there was a conflict and APT decided it > > > should remove remove your Desktop Environment to resolve the conflict. > > > > > This should be visible in the logs or just try running: > > > > > dpkg -l '*dm' > > > > > The output out the command is Desired =Unknown/Install/Remove?Purge/Hold > | > Status=Not/inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/half-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status, Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/Name Version Architecture Description > un mdadm <none> <none> (no description available) > > Which means that there is no Desktop Environment installed
More precisely, no Display Manager (DM). Even if you do have a Desktop Environment installed, the DM is responsible for automatically starting it. Please try to log in on the console and run: startx If you do get a Desktop Environment (which one?) most likely all you need is to install a DM. For Gnome you probably want GDM (package 'gdm'). > > Alternatively (and more likely) Xorg is failing to start for some > > reason. > > > > > Anything interesting in the output of `journalctl -ab`, > > > /var/log/Xorg.0.log or ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log? > > > > > journalctl -ab /var/log/Xorg.0.log > returns Couldn't cannonicalize path : No such file or directory > > as well as ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log? Apologies, that should have been clearer, I meant: please post the output of: journalctl -ab (requires root or sudo to get useful output) as well as the *contents* of /var/log/Xorg.0.log or ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log (whichever exists). Since you don't have a DM installed these are only useful if the Desktop Environment fails to start. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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