§2023-06-20

Using Dedian bullseye server image, and make it into a desktop

• update and upgrade system
  • sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
• add alexlai as sudo user,
  • sudo useradd -m -G sudo -u 1026 alexlai
  • or archlinux sudo useradd -m -d /opt/xfs/home/alexlai -G wheel -u 1026 -s /bin/bash alexlai
  • or debian # /sbin/useradd -m -G sudo,tty,disk,dialout,audio,video,plugdev,games,users,systemd-journal,input,netdev,docker -u 1026 -s /bin/bash alexlai root@orangepi5plus:/home/orangepi# id alexlai uid=1026(alexlai) gid=1026(alexlai) groups=1026(alexlai),5(tty),6(disk),20(dialout),27(sudo),29(audio),44(video),46(plugdev),60(games),100(users),999(systemd-journal),102(input),107(netdev),996(docker) i
• change alexlai shell
  • $ sudo chsh -s /bin/bash alexlai
• set localtime
  • sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Taipei /etc/localtime
• generate locale
  • sudo nano /etc/locale.gen, ucomment en_US.UTF-8, ja_JP.UTF-8, zh_TW.UTF-8
  • sudo locale-gen
• set locale
  • sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
• change hostname to pi5PlusBullseye
• install adobe asian fonts

  • sudo apt update

  • sudo apt install -y ttf-mscorefonts-installer fonts-noto-cjk fonts-noto-cjk-extra fonts-ipafont fonts-ipaexfont

  • for archlinux

    • sudo pacman -S adobe-source-han-sans-jp-fonts adobe-source-han-serif-tw-fonts
• install budgie desktop
  • sudo apt install --install-recommends -y budgie-desktop tilix fcitx5 fcitx5-mozc fcitx5-config-qt chromium xfsprogs sddm (lightdm, gdm3 not working) --install-suggests --> works again, and it it more modern like
  • reconfigure desktop manager sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
  • I had troubles with gdm3, but sddm seems to work better!!
  • archlinux please install sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
    • sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf, greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter

  Configuration file '/etc/pulse/client.conf'
   ==> File on system created by you or by a script.
   ==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
     What would you like to do about it ?  Your options are:
      Y or I  : install the package maintainer's version
      N or O  : keep your currently-installed version
        D     : show the differences between the versions
        Z     : start a shell to examine the situation
   The default action is to keep your current version.
  *** client.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? 
  

  • gdm3, lxdm, lightdm desktop manager is not working
  • sudo apt install sddm tilix firefox-esr else no terminal application

  Jun 20 16:02:03 pi5PlusBullseye gnome-session-c[2444]: cannot open display: :0
  Jun 20 16:02:03 pi5PlusBullseye gnome-session[2445]: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
  Jun 20 16:02:03 pi5PlusBullseye gnome-session-c[2445]: cannot open display: :0
  Jun 20 16:02:03 pi5PlusBullseye gnome-session[2425]: gnome-session-binary[2425]: WARNING: software acceleration check failed: Child process exited with code 1
  Jun 20 16:02:03 pi5PlusBullseye gnome-session-binary[2425]: WARNING: software acceleration check failed: Child process exited with code 1
  Jun 20 16:02:03 pi5PlusBullseye gnome-session[2446]: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
  Jun 20 16:02:03 pi5PlusBullseye gnome-session-f[2446]: Cannot open display: 
  

- install kde-plasma
    - `sudo apt install tasksel`
    - `sudo tasksel`
    - hang at `Preparing to configure pulseaudio (arm64)` about 78% finished!
    
- install fcitx5, tilix
    - `sudo apt install fcitx5 fcitx5-mozc fcitx5-config-qt fcitx5-gtk fcitx5-configtool`  fcitx5-gtk is required for chromium
    - `$ sudo pacman -S  fcitx5 fcitx5-mozc fcitx5-config-qt fcitx5-gtk fcitx5-configtool`
    - nano ~/.bashrc
    
```bash
# fcitx5
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
 
# fix tilix error
if [ $TILIX_ID ] || [ $VTE_VERSION ]; then
        source /etc/profile.d/vte.sh
fi

• install developer package
  • archlinux `sudo pacman -S base-devel
  • debian sudo apt install build-essential

¶Uknown issues:

• you can not presshrinking the root partition, you have to let the boot prosess to expand it then you can shrink. Why?? <-- not true