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| rgh | Hi all, I just installed xubuntu 20.10 on my netbook. | 15:58 |
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| rgh | But it doesn't get in the login manager. Or whatever that's called :-) | 15:58 |
| rgh | I get a mouse pointer and then it switches back to the console and then again to the mouse pointer etc etc | 15:59 |
| tomreyn | rgh: how much ram does your netbook have? | 16:00 |
| tomreyn | physical, installed | 16:01 |
| rgh | 2 gb | 16:01 |
| rgh | I think 🤔 | 16:01 |
| rgh | 30 Gb hdd (which I found out is really a SD) | 16:01 |
| tomreyn | i'm not sure it's the lack of ram causing what you're seeing, but 2 GB is certainly not much. | 16:02 |
| rgh | I had Manjaro and one xubuntu installed before on this device | 16:02 |
| tomreyn | especially if the gpu also takes some of it | 16:02 |
| rgh | Manjaro xfce btw | 16:02 |
| tomreyn | you could post a full system log, if the system is online: journalctl -b | nc termbin.com 9999 | 16:03 |
| rgh | Is there a way to install a cli only with the xubuntu iso? | 16:03 |
| tomreyn | you may need to swithc to a TTY before you can run the above command, and login there. | 16:03 |
| tomreyn | !tty | 16:04 |
| ubottu | To get to the TTY terminals 3-6, use the keystroke Ctrl + Alt + F3-F6 respectively. Ctrl-Alt-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F1 will get you back to your graphical login (Ctrl-Alt-F7 on 16.04). To change TTY resolution, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ChangeTTYResolution | 16:04 |
| rgh | I'm not online I'm afraid. | 16:04 |
| rgh | Yes, but switching to tty1 or 2 also flips the screen as mentioned above | 16:04 |
| tomreyn | maybe you can connect it via ethernet, or by a USB tethered smartphone | 16:04 |
| tomreyn | by flip, you mean upside down? | 16:05 |
| rgh | Wait. Can I share video in matrix / element? | 16:05 |
| tomreyn | to get a CLI only installation you'd install ubuntu-server | 16:05 |
| tomreyn | i don't know what matrix / element is. i'm communicating with you on IRC, which does not support screensharing. | 16:06 |
| rgh | Matrix is like irc on stereiods | 16:07 |
| rgh | And it bridges to irc (I'm on matrix now) | 16:07 |
| rgh | Element is the client | 16:07 |
| rgh | But. Can I install a cli from the 20.10 iso? | 16:08 |
| tomreyn | if by "a CLI" you mean "not a graphical desktop", then i don't think you can. | 16:09 |
| rgh | Crap | 16:09 |
| tomreyn | that's if "the 20.10 iso" refers to the xubuntu 20.10 iso. | 16:09 |
| rgh | Yes | 16:09 |
| rgh | Iso boots fine ofc | 16:10 |
| tomreyn | you could remove the desktop after the fact though | 16:10 |
| rgh | Oh nice idea | 16:10 |
| rgh | If I can stay in the tty1 and not being thrown (and fail) in tty7 | 16:10 |
| rgh | Nope | 16:11 |
| rgh | It's fubar | 16:11 |
| tomreyn | i'm not sure what you'Re doing | 16:11 |
| rgh | Ctrl alt f1 | 16:12 |
| tomreyn | try F3..F6 instead | 16:12 |
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| rgh | Trying rescue root prompt | 16:14 |
| tomreyn | you can provide the !bootparm systemd.target=multi-user.target for a CLI startup | 16:20 |
| rgh | maybe 20.04 works better | 16:38 |
| rgh | this is going no where :-( | 16:38 |
| rgh | thanks for your kind help :-) | 16:40 |
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