Hi, The newest version does not include a desktop (if that is what you were looking for). If your right click on the screen after entering the username and password, you should be able to get a small menu. From there you should be able to find a spot to get to a terminal window. Finally from there you should be able to download a desktop like lxde. This assumes you have an internet connection to the processor you are using.
I don't remember the exact steps I used to do this, but it was something like: First do a : sudo apt-get update Then a : sudo apt-get install lxde https://wiki.lxde.org/en/Installation (follow debian instructions - but I still recommend the update first). Then try a reboot and the desktop should come up. From there you can add other things as necessary ( editors, like leafpad, file managers like pcmanfm). Jeff On Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 5:42:25 AM UTC-8, Alice Crichton wrote: > > Hey guys > > Currently, I don't have the ability to set up my own image, so I went with > the Machinekit.io suggestion of just flashing the pre-existing file on > elinux. The current version (2019/12/16) I could not get fully functional > for the life of me, I got past the login easily enough, and then it just > sits there with the cursor indefinitely. I spent about two days working on > it, trying different things to get it to run, with no luck. This morning, > after working through the night I realized for the sake of a sanity check I > should flash other things to check if it was my process, and managed to > install Debian, and then I attempted to hunt for an older image to try. Me > and a friend searched for about an hour for something prebuilt, and > couldn't find any backdated ones, so eventually I resorted to Wayback > Machine, and the next closest I could find was from 2017. I got that one > working with no trouble, but it doesn't seem to have support for my board > (CRAMPS) and is, I'm sure, missing out on all the cool tech you guys have > been working on for the past two years. > > I know you guys are normally a little more intense than "I screwed up > installing" and I wouldn't want to be the annoying noob with the idiot > question, but I've been working on solving this for around 2.5 days and all > I've got seems to point to "Something is wrong with the latest prebuilt > image". I've worked with a few singleboard computers in the past, and I > worked in QA for software for a bit, so I'm trying my best to point *at* > the problem, but I don't have the linux chops to know exactly what's going > wrong here. My old Ubuntu machine fried around 6 years ago and I haven't > had the time or courage to go back since. The only other thing I can think > of is the (brand new) beaglebone was actually just ancient stock, and is no > longer supported by the current update? > > If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful, I'm > already quite a ways into this project in both time and money, and was > hoping to have some steppers spinning by christmas. > > Thanks a bunch > -Alice > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/6cc656da-d5af-4920-85d2-f0be45088a53%40googlegroups.com.
