Running bunsen-hydrogen desktop on lightweight Ubuntu 14.04

joang · 2016-09-30 15:27:43

Hi,
I am new to bunsen hydrogen and am a fan of #! because it is lightweight and superfast.
I have installed Ubuntu 14 on my server with no GUI. I have downloaded and installed hydrogen with its various packages using the terminal.
Can someone tell me how I can start the desktop environment via the terminal? What can I do to start it as well as autostart when I reboot the server?
Thanks.

damo · 2016-09-30 16:44:20

Did you install the Openbox window manager (you need bunsen-meta-all, with Recommends, for a full BL desktop.)?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-09-30 18:21:18

joang wrote:

I have downloaded and installed hydrogen with its various packages using the terminal.

You should post the actual commands used rather than a vague description.

how I can start the desktop environment via the terminal?

sudo systemctl isolate graphical.target

What can I do to start it as well as autostart when I reboot the server?

sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target

This will only work if you are using systemd as your init system, check this with:

cat /proc/1/comm

If you are using upstart then wait for one of our resident Ubuntites to offer some advice

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joang · 2016-09-30 22:29:00

damo wrote:

Did you install the Openbox window manager (you need bunsen-meta-all, with Recommends, for a full BL desktop.)?

Yes I did.
After setting up the bunsen.list to use bunsen-hydrogen main and downloading the latest keyring.
I run the following commands:

sudo apt-get install bunsen-common bunsen-configs bunsen-conky bunsen-docs 
bunsen-faenza-icon-theme bunsen-images bunsen-images-extra bunsen-keyring 
bunsen-meta-all bunsen-meta-packaging bunsen-meta-vcs bunsen-os-release 
bunsen-pipemenus bunsen-python-apt-template bunsen-themes bunsen-thunar 
bunsen-utilities bunsen-welcome dark-teal-theme fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
forecast mpv-bash-completion obmenu ttf-ubuntu-font-family vertex-icons-tweak yad

Last edited by joang (2016-09-30 22:43:30)

joang · 2016-09-30 22:36:06

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

If you are using upstart then wait for one of our resident Ubuntites to offer some advice

Thanks for your feedback. I have checked and am using upstart. I guess I have to wait.

Last edited by joang (2016-09-30 22:39:38)

johnraff · 2016-10-01 02:25:44

Hi joang.

joang wrote:

I run the following commands:

sudo apt-get install bunsen-common bunsen-configs bunsen-conky bunsen-docs 
bunsen-faenza-icon-theme bunsen-images bunsen-images-extra bunsen-keyring 
bunsen-meta-all bunsen-meta-packaging bunsen-meta-vcs bunsen-os-release 
bunsen-pipemenus bunsen-python-apt-template bunsen-themes bunsen-thunar 
bunsen-utilities bunsen-welcome dark-teal-theme fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
forecast mpv-bash-completion obmenu ttf-ubuntu-font-family vertex-icons-tweak yad

Actually, bunsen-meta-all pulls in all the base BunsenLabs packages, as long as apt is configured to install with recommends (in Debian, it is by default), so this should be enough to get the same packages:

sudo apt-get install bunsen-meta-all dark-teal-theme fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console forecast mpv-bash-completion ttf-ubuntu-font-family vertex-icons-tweak

#1 2016-09-30 15:27:43

Running bunsen-hydrogen desktop on lightweight Ubuntu 14.04

#2 2016-09-30 16:44:20

Re: Running bunsen-hydrogen desktop on lightweight Ubuntu 14.04

#3 2016-09-30 18:21:18

Re: Running bunsen-hydrogen desktop on lightweight Ubuntu 14.04

#4 2016-09-30 22:29:00

Re: Running bunsen-hydrogen desktop on lightweight Ubuntu 14.04

#5 2016-09-30 22:36:06

Re: Running bunsen-hydrogen desktop on lightweight Ubuntu 14.04

#6 2016-10-01 02:25:44

Re: Running bunsen-hydrogen desktop on lightweight Ubuntu 14.04

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