Armbian Cinnamon without start button

[Jorge Cury]

Hi All,

 

I'm struggling with my Orange PI 5 Plus and various Armbian Flavors for 3 days.

 

My Preferred DE, Armbian_25.8.1_Orangepi5-plus_noble_vendor_6.1.115_kde-neon_desktop, after all setup on second boot... failed msg: wait until boot finishes...

 

XFCE, Sound does not work over HDMI.

 

Finally, Armbian_25.8.1_Orangepi5-plus_trixie_vendor_6.1.115_cinnamon_desktop, is doing well. 

Except for, I'm missing start button.  If I want Firefox, I have to open it via cmd If I want to capture screen... I dont know even the name to call via cmd...

 

See my Phone shot 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d6K4i_yshHCrKvXR-13VFkpWzPKx8GaA/view?usp=sharing

 

Could somebody tell me what is wrong?

 

Thanks,

 

 

[laibsch]

Alt-F2?

[Jorge Cury]

Thanks laibsch,

 

A little bit better, but this is a partial solution.

 

Start button still missing.

 

to turn off computer I have enter shutdown on cmd.

 

And "logout" what is the command to log out?

 

I am looking for solution on cinnamon forum but nothing until now. 

[laibsch]

You are likely hitting genuine bugs and/or the situation of missing packages.  I do not use Cinnamon, so I cannot comment much.  Try to see if there is anything relevant in the logs.  Check ~/.xsession* files for hints, too.

 

Maybe try a different DE first, set up it to be working and then work on your preferred choice after that.

 

Have a look at APA which is trying to improve the experience of Armbian as an OS, maybe it can help you.

 

Good luck, amigo!