how to start lightdm - h2

[Bruno Crivelari Sanches]

Hi folks,

 

I installed armbian with success on my orangepi zero.  I was able to configure wifi and even fix some display issues on tv.

 

But I am struggling to get a graphical manager running, I tried to start lightdm using:

 

sudo start lightdm

 

but I get "start command not found".

 

any hints ?

 

Thank you

[gnasch]

Hi Bruno

 

Armbian seem to offer only "server" distros for the pi zero which means without GUI.

I do not have zero, but opi pc plus for which armbian "desktop" exists.

you might try:

# apt-get install lightdm

followed by:

# service lightdm start

 

But it would be easier if you get an opi for which a desktop armbian exists.
best, gnasch

 

 

[Bruno Crivelari Sanches]

Hello Gnasch,

 

thanks for your input. Unfortunately the service crashes when I try to start it, but your comments about the server edition helped me understand this a little better.

 

Cheers