xfce with Tiny Core 5

[jp24]

Hi,

Hoping someone can help.

I am trying to get xfce working with Tiny Core, I can get the packages installed, but I can't work out how to make xfce start up by default. I have been playing around with onboot, but I can't seem to make it happen.

Any help would be appreciated,

Many thanks,

John

[gerald_clark]

xfce4 is not available for Core 5.

[Misalf]

It is. o.O

Several  xfce4-*.tcz  are in the repo, including  xfce4-session.tcz .

You might try adding them all to onboot.lst and add this to your kernel boot line:

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desktop=xfce4-session


[gerald_clark]

Core 4 has xfce4.tcz.
Core 5 has not.
Core 5 has some of the xfce utilities but the deps and startup scripts are missing.

[bmarkus]

It is a work in progress for 5.x

[jp24]

Thanks for your responses I will try it on version 4.

[jp24]

Hi,

I am struggling with Xfce4 and TC 4.

I have done a fresh install, booted from CD and set the tce directory to a local disk.

I then installed the xfce4 package and rebooted, it spits me out to the command line after boot and goes no further.

What am I missing?

Many thanks,

John

[Misalf]

Remove any other WM from onboot.lst and/or use the  desktop=  boot code (I think it should be "desktop=Xfce4" - Note: upper case X.).

[gerald_clark]

Does 'ls /usr/local/tce.installed' show that xfce4 is installed?
If not, are you using a USB drive and forgot the waitusb=5 boot code?
What does 'startx' show?

[jp24]

Thanks for the quick replies folks, it's really appreciated.

In response,

Does 'ls /usr/local/tce.installed' show that xfce4 is installed?

Yes it does

If not, are you using a USB drive and forgot the waitusb=5 boot code?

I have fallen foul of this before, but currently I am using Virtualbox and using a CD iso. The final solution is for a thin client running an existing app that doesn't want to run fully on anything short of Xfce (KDE and Gnome work too, but not standard X / LXDE) I am trying to keep installed apps down to a minimum so that it is easier to kiosk the thin clients hence wanting to get TC working.

Remove any other WM from onboot.lst and/or use the  desktop=  boot code (I think it should be "desktop=Xfce4" - Note: upper case X.).

There wasn't anything else in the onboot.lst, but Xfce4. Well thats the one on the hard drive.

desktop=Xfce4 was the solution, it got me into Xfce!!

Now to start trimming it down....

Thanks again,

John

[gerald_clark]

Install it to a virtual disk.  Booting just from an iso image does not support onboot customizations.