OK, so I’ve recently installed dietpi on my raspberry pi 5 and it was working fine. I then installed GNUstep and whenever I launch it using startx it opens GNUStep fine but i cant move the mouse or do anything with the keyboard. I’ve tried solutions that I’ve seen online (installing apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-all and other xserver xorg input packages, and running usermod -a -G input dietpi which I saw on this forum). If you guys have any possible solutions I’d love your help. Thanks in advance.
did you tried as user root?
I did a quick test an my Orange Pi5 demo system and it was working without issue
Following the install guide for Debian Platform:Linux - GNUstepWiki
apt install wmaker gnustep gnustep-devel gnustep-games
dietpi-software install 6
to allow user dietpi to run the desktop
sudo usermod -aG video dietpi
afterwards I was able to start the desktop
Thanks for the reply. Here’s what happened when I ran the commands:
1st line told me i already had all the packages installed and up to date;
2nd line said no changes applied to X11 but that it was ok;
3rd line returned nothing which i think is expected.
The gnustep desktop still refuses my inputs from both mouse and keyboard, so the issue doesn’t seem to be fixed. Is there anything specific i need for the pi 5 that enables it to use a mouse or something? Thanks
(also I was on root user originally)
ok I’m gonna uninstall gnustep and follow the instructions you linked in your reply as i originally installed it using the built-in software-downloading app on dietpi.