fail install of xfce desktop on odroidxu4

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Using odroidxu4.
flashed Armbian_25.8.1_Odroidxu4_noble_current_6.6.102 to eMMC
After odroidxu4 started, followed instruction to create accounts etc.
Installed xfce4 package

reboot. odroidxu4 booted to console prompt
Installed xfce4-goodies package

reboot. odroidxu4 booted to console prompt
Installed lightdm

reboot. The system becomes stuck at plymouth-quit-wait.service/start

 

Not much I could do after this as I could not look at log messages or use $ sudo systemctl status lightdm.service

Any insight greatly appreciated

Thanks