[plug] xfce on raspberry pi

[Kyer Potts]

Hi Margaret,

>From my understanding you can set any raspberry pi running bookworm to boot
to cli mode rather than desktop mode. It’s listed under the general
raspi-config settings and can be accessed from a terminal emulator or tty.

As for your problems with the desktop environment, the latest pi OS
(bookworm) is running Wayland instead of xorg. Xfce does have some Wayland
support but at this stage it’s rather limited, which would explain why you
can boot to the desktop but are having problems with some of it’s ecosystem
tooling. Does the pi need to run Xfce or are you open to other lightweight
desktop options that are Wayland compatible?


On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 at 17:57, M S R Wood <msrwood at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have just installed the latest Raspberry pi OS lite on my desktop
> pi. 4. I then installed xfce4. plus lightdm and xfce4-terminal, used
> raspi-config to set the machine to boot to the desktop with login
> required.
> I tnen logged in as the default user and got just the desktop
> background with a single terminal - no panel or toolbar.
> I could move the terminal with the mouse, start Firefox and use it,
> but not move it.
> I then installed xfce4-goodies and tried again
> Same result.
> I then installed xfce4-helpers, which was mentioned on one of the web
> pages I found, and rebooted
> This time when I logged in I just got the desktop background!
>
> I've put the old SD card back in temporarily so I can use the computer
>
> Firstly, if I put the new card back in, is there a way to get the pi
> to boot to console rather than desktop so that I can change settings,
> install/uninstall things? (As a last resort I can reimage the card and
> start again but I'd prefer something quicker!)
>
> Secondly, any suggestions as to packages I might need to install
> and/or other settings I need to change to make xfce work "properly"
>
>
> Margaret
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