Eos-packagelist terminal prompt question

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What does it mean when it says; > There are 12 members in group xfce4? Are these install candidates?

[g@g-x ~]$ eos-packagelist --install XFCE4-Desktop
[sudo] password for g:
:: Synchronizing package databases…
endeavouros 16.7 KiB 28.8 KiB/s 00:01 [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
core 121.9 KiB 212 KiB/s 00:01 [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
extra 7.8 MiB 5.64 MiB/s 00:01 [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
community is up to date
multilib 140.6 KiB 248 KiB/s 00:01 [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
warning: file-roller-44.1-1 is up to date – skipping
warning: galculator-2.1.4-8 is up to date – skipping
warning: gvfs-1.54.0-2 is up to date – skipping
warning: gvfs-afc-1.54.0-2 is up to date – skipping
warning: gvfs-gphoto2-1.54.0-2 is up to date – skipping
warning: gvfs-mtp-1.54.0-2 is up to date – skipping
warning: gvfs-nfs-1.54.0-2 is up to date – skipping
warning: gvfs-smb-1.54.0-2 is up to date – skipping
warning: ristretto-0.13.2-1 is up to date – skipping
warning: xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.11-2 is up to date – skipping
warning: exo-4.18.0-1 is up to date – skipping
warning: tumbler-4.18.2-1 is up to date – skipping
warning: xfconf-4.18.3-1 is up to date – skipping
:: There are 12 members in group xfce4:
:: Repository extra

  1. garcon 2) thunar 3) thunar-volman 4) xfce4-appfinder 5) xfce4-panel 6) xfce4-power-manager 7) xfce4-session 8) xfce4-settings 9) xfce4-terminal
  2. xfdesktop 11) xfwm4 12) xfwm4-themes

Enter a selection (default=all):

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That is what happens when you install a group. It lists all the things in the group and asks which ones you want. Normally you would just hit “enter” there.

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I hit enter. I should have xfce4 now, but I do not see a way to choose de on my login screen. I read that it s supposed to be selectable on bottom right of screen, but I see nothing there.

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Which DM are you using?

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gnome. Wait. What is DM?

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Which Display Manager are you using?

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[g@g-x ~]$ systemctl status display-manager
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2024-05-03 14:58:00 PDT; 29min ago
Main PID: 1211 (gdm)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 76602)
Memory: 8.3M (peak: 13.4M)
CPU: 209ms
CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
└─1211 /usr/bin/gdm

May 03 15:14:11 g-x gdm-password][10826]: accountsservice: ActUserManager: user (null) has no username (uid: -1)
May 03 15:14:11 g-x gdm-password][10826]: pam_faillock(gdm-password:auth): User unknown
May 03 15:14:23 g-x gdm-password][10826]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): check pass; user unknown
May 03 15:14:23 g-x gdm-password][10826]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 ruser= rhost=
May 03 15:14:23 g-x gdm-password][10826]: pam_faillock(gdm-password:auth): User unknown
May 03 15:14:37 g-x gdm-password][10834]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
May 03 15:14:37 g-x gdm-password][10834]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
May 03 15:14:37 g-x gdm-password][10834]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user g(uid=1000) by g(uid=0)
May 03 15:14:37 g-x gdm-password][10834]: gkr-pam: unlocked login keyring
May 03 15:14:41 g-x gdm[1211]: Gdm: Child process -10410 was already dead.

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gdm

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From memory there should be a gear icon near the where you enter your password

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The gear did appear on the 3rd logout on bottom right of screen. Weird that it took 1 reboot, and 3 logouts. Anyway, I m on xfce now. Reason is I will be re installing eos this weekend, and I want to test out the different de s before I do. Thanks all :+1:

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Easiest way to test them out would be in a VM that way you are less likely to run into errors

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I got fed up with my eos vm. Every time I install I get no sound.

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What program are you using for your VM?

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Virtualbox. Actually the Enable Audio check box is greyed out every time like this.

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This is off topic though. I will make another thread for virtualbox audio problem.

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