I just log in as root, it's much simpler. If you don't know the root password just do sudo passwd and set one. Yes, I know you should never log in as root. I've been doing it for 20 years anyway.
I don't think a window manager or whatever these things call themselves these days cares about video drivers, that's between X and the hardware. Do you have an xorg.conf file? Modern systems usually don't need one, but you can specify a video driver in there. On 9/26/17, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 26 September 2017 04:23:39 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 10:09:02PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> > Same hardware and base system here.You might need to add a login >> > manager - I'll check :) >> >> Stock rocks64 stretch image >> >> Just sudo su - as below. >> >> Use tasksel to install LXDE - it "just works" >> > How about xfce4? Its wm seems more complete. The question is which one > is the most likely to use the mali gfx drivers on an arm64? > >> If you're still having problems with interfaces, lo and so on - let me >> know and I'll copy across known good files for you to check. >> >> Did the locales and timezone fixes help? >> > Yes, thank you. > >> All the best, >> >> Andy C > > Re sudo, I normally use sudo bash or sudo -i for that, either works but > bash doesn't put me in an empty /root directory. > > Thanks Andy. > > 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> > > -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach
