On Sunday 24 September 2017 13:43:20 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > On 24/09/17 16:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 24 September 2017 11:59:57 Alan Corey wrote: > >> But what's the purpose of having the gateway fields in interfaces > >> if not to to be reliant on the routing table? > >> > >> But it's worth a shot, something like > >> route add default gw 192.168.71.1 > > > > That was it! > > > > Now I've used apt to update 5 packages, and its now installing > > synaptic and all its 2nd and 3rd cousins. 112 megs worth. I did ask > > it to install xfce, but it couldn't find it. I'll try lxde next, but > > its entirely too simple. With xfce I can set up 4 workspaces/windows > > and the survive a reboot. You can add them in lxde, but they don't > > survive a reboot. > > > > Anyway, progress, sorta. I am going to put that command in rc.local > > just for S&G. Oh, oh, I had to create that file, does not bode well. > > But we'll find out I guess. > > Is there something in the /etc/network/interfaces file which is > preempting what's in your .d directory? > > I wouldn't put the manual route command in rc.local, I'd put it in the > network interface definition as in > > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 172.27.200.5/24 > post-up route add default gw 172.27.200.1 dev eth0 metric 0 > pre-down route del default gw 172.27.200.1 dev eth0 > Printed to carry out to it, rc.local didn't work. I'll try this next
Thanks. > Even assuming that Network Mangler isn't being used, a mis-parse would > not surprise me. I really can't remember the detail but I've > previously come across some combination of packages which broke each > other badly (something like multiple gateways breaking VLAN support). > > Apropos different window managers (AKA desktop, environment etc.), a > lot depends on what display manager (AKA login screen) is being used. > For various reasons we favour lightdm, which generally speaking picks > up the available window managers. > > Apropos locales, my setup notes for putting Debian onto an RPi have > > ! dpkg-reconfigure tzdata I'll try that, worked. > ! > ! apt-get update and upgrade here. Install locales (ALREADY DONE) > and ! console-setup and run dpkg-reconfigure locales console-setup > and ! keyboard-configuration using physical console just in case... > it's ! probably better to MOVE THIS EARLIER since apt-get upgrade > warns ! about some LANG etc. settings that haven't yet been > established. > > You can see what packages are installed using something like > > dpkg --get-selections I need to see whats available, and for that I need a safe apt-get super called synaptic. But I've not made x run yet. startx can't be found. But small progress, installed locate and friends, mc, less and a few others including xfce4, which seems light weight but still more capable than lightdm/lxde. Joining rock64 forum, came back in here to field the confirmation email. Thanks Mark, I'll confirm the forum, and go see if I can fix interfaces.d/eth0. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>