Usually when I install it's the base system and standard utilities. I have no printer so cups is no use for now maybe later this year though. The desktop I put a space on in the installer and that takes the star away.
On Sat, 25 Dec 2021, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > The default settings install "Debian Desktop Environment" which is > MATE. I don't know of a way to just install a text only Debian > system, which would be wonderful to do. > > Years ago, the Debian Desktop Environment installed pdmenu and a > graphical text desktop. Now it installs MATE and in addition there is > also a selection for adding MATE, I suppose that installs the MATE > Extras not in the "Debian Desktop Environment" mentioned here. I've > installed without ticking off MATE also and had a working MATE > desktop. > > I've had difficulty purging MATE and xorg from the system to make it > text only but I've broken the system, so now I don't even try, I just > leave the Xorg and MATE Desktop installed. > > I use is fbi and links2 web browser. I use them in console. They use > framebuffer. > > But since I have xorg anyway I'm using MATE which works very well with > orca screen reader. You set it up with "orca -s" in MATE terminal. > It should be loaded and running for you, but to adjust settings run > that command. > > To get login without starting MATE in the Graphical User Interface, as root: > > systemctl stop lightdm > systemctl disable lightdm > > That will stop light desktop manager from running it's log in screen > and you will have the regular text log in screen. > > Do your console stuff there, and if you want MATE just type "startx". > > I had problems with my /home settings not being compatible with Debian > 11.2.0 which is the 2021-12-08 release. It still has problems with my > soundcard during installation. It doesn't give me screen reader - but > I continued with the installation and it actually did find my > soundcard,it just didn't give me screen reader in console. After > reboot, I had everything working OK console worked and orca in MATE > worked. > > Not an accessible installation for me, I guess it was for you, did you > use braille or was speach working for you - which must mean it's just > my particular sound card, an Intel PCH ALC888. > > Best wishes to all,, Merry Christmas if you celebrate that holiday, which I > do. > > David > > > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 2:32 PM Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > The firmware had a date of 2021-12-08 on it. > > > > > > On Sat, 25 Dec 2021, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > > > > > What iso did you use? > > > > > > I just tried the latest firmware full size regular and live DVD iso files > > > and neither correctly detects my analog soundcard which I use. But since I > > > can see, I just continued with the installation, and when I rebooted I had > > > screen reader in console. > > > > > > However the same /home partition I was using for Buster somehow has > > > configuration files which break Xorg so I had to make a new user. > > > > > > Ho, ho, ho! > > > > > > David > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 13:16 Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I tried installing deb-multimedia.org and pub keys weren't available at > > > > least not on debian so then I did apt remove --purge pulseaudio and an > > > > apt > > > > autoremove after that and now multimedia players work correctly. This > > > > was > > > > a base install, no desktop and pulseaudio was installed for some reason > > > > I don't know. > > > > > > > > > > > >
