Help me: my log in screen turned into a shell or terminal. Now I can't change desktop environments, nor do I know how to revert it back.

Fx317 · 08-14-2022, 03:06 AM

While I was installing chicagofier, I checked the zhs prompt option. Now when it rebooted my computer, the whole thing was a terminal. It asked for my username and password. Then it just asked me to input commands.

My friend taught me that I could just enter the desktop by typing in startx.

I need help to revert the log in screen into a normal one again. Because I can't choose desktop environments anymore.

The distro I use is cutefishOS.
I tried to use chicagofier with the xfce DE. What should I do to fix my situation.

rtmistler · 08-14-2022, 09:52 AM

Seems like xfce didn't get set as the default XDM.

First you may wish to reboot if you actually haven't done that after installing.

Check /etc/X11/default-display-manager and make sure it points to xfce.
Possibly /usr/sbin/xfce, but I'm not sure I do not use the DM myself.

DavidMcCann · 08-15-2022, 07:48 AM

It's difficult to help without knowing the details of Cutefish, like which program handles the log-in. The distro is still at beta-test stage, so breakages are inevitable. In fact, the whole project may be about to collapse: https://linuxiac.com/what-happens-to-cutefishos/

Fx317 · 08-15-2022, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rtmistler

Seems like xfce didn't get set as the default XDM.

First you may wish to reboot if you actually haven't done that after installing.

Check /etc/X11/default-display-manager and make sure it points to xfce.
Possibly /usr/sbin/xfce, but I'm not sure I do not use the DM myself.

So I'm not really good with commands. What commands should I do in order to do that?

jmgibson1981 · 08-15-2022, 09:42 AM

If I may, before you go chasing problems. Did you accidentally switch the tty? Ctrl-Alt-F{1-7} will each land you on a different tty. The GUI typically starts on one of those. Work through them to make sure you didn't just change it from where it's already running?

rtmistler · 08-15-2022, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fx317

So I'm not really good with commands. What commands should I do in order to do that?

The "reboot" command reboots the system, or also "shutdown -r now" will reboot. You may need to use sudo, as in "sudo reboot" or "sudo shutdown -r now"

To find xfce, try "which xfce" and that should be in the /etc/X11/default-display-manager file.

DavidMcCann · 08-16-2022, 12:04 PM

Try this command after log in, and then reboot:

Code:

sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target

Incidentally, the Cutefish OS site says that its desktop is "built using Qt Quick and some KDE basic frameworks." — nothing to do with Xfce.