On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Amalinda J' Gamage <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you heaps Robert. > BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.2-2013-11-15.img > /boot/uboot/tools/ubuntu/small-lxde-desktop.sh > worked perfectly! May be because I ran the command without SUDO proviledges > I had some fatal errors but still GUI loads fine. > > > However I am highly concerned as to why my previous attempts failed. I spend > more than a week trying to install the following and those GUIs didnt work. > Could you, if you know can, please tell me why they didnt work? > Since the EMMC wouldnt have enough storage all of them were run when Ubuntu > was booted from SD card. Not from EMMC. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > the folllowing are what I tried to get the GUI working. However they didnt > work. > > using ubuntu-raring-13.04-armhf-3.8.13-bone20.img > > sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop > > Gnome 3 installation: sudo apt-get install gnome-shell > > KDE see Kubuntu installation: sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop > > XFCE installation: sudo apt-get install xfce4 > > LXDE installation: sudo apt-get install lxde > > Openbox installation: sudo apt-get install openbox > > DID NOT WORK and was FREEZING all the time after installations. How come > only the one you recommended worked? Im confused.
The selected modesetting driver(1) and the custom xorg.conf help out.. 1: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/tools/blob/master/debian/small-lxde-desktop.sh#L18 Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
