On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 8:40 AM Guillaume Gardet <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > > You can try to install from the DVD or NET ISO. > Would that result in something different than the appliance image? I guess some configuration that is done when the system is installed might be different. But we are talking about a well-defined piece of hardware. So any appliance would, I would have thought, already be set up for it. You could also look in the journal if there is something obvious. > I don't see anything in the journal or the related logs. I have looked everywhere. I can see that X is running. But in the case of KDE, I do not see anything else related to KDE/plasma. > > > *From:* Roger Oberholtzer <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, December 1, 2023 12:19 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Desktop in Raspberry Pi 3 B+ > > > > > > > > I have been trying the current Leap 15.5. aarch64 appliance on a Raspberry > Pi 3 B+. Most things are working. But I have a problem with the GUI login / > desktop. > > > > I started with the KDE variant. ssdm would not start. I saw that it > complained that there was not enough memory for some texture, and it > exited. So I switches to xddm. That would start. But when KDE should start, > I get a functioning mouse cursor, but nothing else, Just a black > background. With a mouse. > > > > I then tried xfce. Then the login part went fine with no changes. But the > desktop was still a problem like with KDE. Except the screen background was > white. I see that some processes related to the desktop are running. I > don't know xfce well enough to know if some critical thing is not running. > > > > When installing Raspbian on the device, the desktop works. But perhaps its > lxde that uses far less resources? > > > > Should I expect that all these desktops start on a Pi 3 B+? I now that > there might be performance issues. But should they at least start. And int > he case of KDE/sddm, should the login at least function? > > > > I'm confused where to look next. > -- Roger Oberholtzer
