01-27-2020, 02:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-28-2020, 04:56 AM by andybleaden@gmail.com.
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Had my PBP now for a couple of months and while the default build it shipped with was fine I have been messing around with the excellent Mate build kindly done by Wizzard here
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8119
............................but stopped short of installing KDE as I had used Kubuntu for a few years before and the Mate build was good. I had even installed Mutiny Theme
However I have been using Unity Ubuntu and now Ubuntu Desktop for long enough on a main pc that I wanted to install Ubuntu (classic as I call it)
After a few failures I realised that just installing ubuntu-desktop on top of the Mate build was not going to work for me
It installed but would not boot even with LightDM and GDM seemed to just break the installation. So another method was needed.
I reinstalled the Mate build and then followed the updates kindly provided by Ayufan here after of course installing the trackpad updates and uboot fixes
https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-b...tag/0.9.14
Then installed ubuntu-unity-desktop with the following command:
sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop --install-recommends
This installed fine and booted as well after selecting Unity (default) at login
However this gave me some small problems as none of the apps I use showed up in the Dash when pressing the Pine super button.
Secondly I could not open a terminal and lastly my right click on the trackpad no longer worked
So I had to reach out for help
Firstly after a few hours of thinking I remembered the old skills.
I hit Alt and F2....of course....then search for terminal (see attached photo)
Bingo
Same for finding all the other apps I needed and had installed on Mate build
This kindly provided by Tophneal fixed the right click issue:
https://itsfoss.com/fix-right-click-touchpad-ubuntu/
So Pinebook now up and running with Unity Ubuntu ...a few system errors but for now ....its just how I want it for now...no doubt it will come with a few issues but it looks good enough
See other attachment
Good luck and let me know if you get stuck
Also keen to see if others have had better luck with another method
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8119
............................but stopped short of installing KDE as I had used Kubuntu for a few years before and the Mate build was good. I had even installed Mutiny Theme
However I have been using Unity Ubuntu and now Ubuntu Desktop for long enough on a main pc that I wanted to install Ubuntu (classic as I call it)
After a few failures I realised that just installing ubuntu-desktop on top of the Mate build was not going to work for me
It installed but would not boot even with LightDM and GDM seemed to just break the installation. So another method was needed.
I reinstalled the Mate build and then followed the updates kindly provided by Ayufan here after of course installing the trackpad updates and uboot fixes
https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-b...tag/0.9.14
Then installed ubuntu-unity-desktop with the following command:
sudo apt install ubuntu-unity-desktop --install-recommends
This installed fine and booted as well after selecting Unity (default) at login
However this gave me some small problems as none of the apps I use showed up in the Dash when pressing the Pine super button.
Secondly I could not open a terminal and lastly my right click on the trackpad no longer worked
So I had to reach out for help
Firstly after a few hours of thinking I remembered the old skills.
I hit Alt and F2....of course....then search for terminal (see attached photo)
Bingo
Same for finding all the other apps I needed and had installed on Mate build
This kindly provided by Tophneal fixed the right click issue:
https://itsfoss.com/fix-right-click-touchpad-ubuntu/
So Pinebook now up and running with Unity Ubuntu ...a few system errors but for now ....its just how I want it for now...no doubt it will come with a few issues but it looks good enough
See other attachment
Good luck and let me know if you get stuck
Also keen to see if others have had better luck with another method