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Re: Update Debian 9 to 10

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On Vi, 10 dec 21, 20:25:26, Thanos Katsiolis wrote:
> > Yes, it's possible, e.g. in case there was a conflict and APT decided it
> > > should remove remove your Desktop Environment to resolve the conflict.
> >
> > > This should be visible in the logs or just try running:
> >
> >     > dpkg -l '*dm'
> >
> >
> The output out the command is Desired =Unknown/Install/Remove?Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/half-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status, Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/Name     Version    Architecture    Description
> un  mdadm   <none>    <none>        (no description available)
> 
> Which means that there is no Desktop Environment installed

More precisely, no Display Manager (DM). Even if you do have a Desktop 
Environment installed, the DM is responsible for automatically starting 
it.

Please try to log in on the console and run:

    startx


If you do get a Desktop Environment (which one?) most likely all you 
need is to install a DM. For Gnome you probably want GDM (package 
'gdm').

> > Alternatively (and more likely) Xorg is failing to start for some
> > reason.
> >
> > > Anything interesting in the output of `journalctl -ab`,
> > > /var/log/Xorg.0.log or ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log?
> >
> >
> journalctl -ab /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> returns Couldn't cannonicalize path : No such file or directory
> 
> as well as ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log?

Apologies, that should have been clearer, I meant: please post the 
output of:


    journalctl -ab

(requires root or sudo to get useful output)


as well as the *contents* of /var/log/Xorg.0.log or 
~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log (whichever exists).

Since you don't have a DM installed these are only useful if the Desktop 
Environment fails to start.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-09 15:50 +0100
  Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-09 16:40 +0100
    Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-09 18:30 +0100
      Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-09 20:20 +0100
        Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-12-09 21:30 +0100
        Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 11:30 +0100
          Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 17:30 +0100
            Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-12-10 18:20 +0100
              Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 19:00 +0100
            Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 18:20 +0100
              Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-11 10:40 +0100
                Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-13 11:10 +0100
            Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 piorunz <piorunz@gmx.com> - 2021-12-10 20:00 +0100
              Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-13 11:10 +0100
                Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-12-13 13:40 +0100
  Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 11:30 +0100
  Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-10 19:50 +0100
  Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-13 17:20 +0100
    Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2021-12-13 20:00 +0100
      Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Thanos Katsiolis <kls.thanos@gmail.com> - 2021-12-14 14:20 +0100
        Re: Update Debian 9 to 10 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-12-15 21:40 +0100

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