Dietpi with Chrome only Autostart

General Discussion
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I tried to install XFCE or/and LXDE (not at the same time)
a) to make a RDP connection on my Dietpi
b) start Chromium and
c) cast the desktop to my TV

There are two problems

  1. using XFCE or LXDE I have no fonts (only black squares)
  2. using MATE works but I would prefer XFCE…
  3. after establishing the cast from my Laptop I swapt into the living room., plugged in the USB mouse dongle into the DietPi machine and hoped that I now could use the mouse… Bus Nada, njet, no no.

what must I do to activate the mouse on a headless system (from time to time)

To make a long story short - two questions → 1) how can I use XFCE and 2) the mouse
thanks
Karl

2

Did some duckduckgoing…found this
square fonts means missing fonts

Did you install xfce-goodies as well?

Check out nomachine…it’s a pretty decent remote-desktop application…but VNC should work just fine

3

i changed to LXQD and could solve my appereance problems… Not only theissue with the mouse is open. What must I do that my Dietpi machine (Intel based) recognizes an USB dongle to use wireless keyboard and mouse. Thanks Karl

4

Usually this should be done by Debian automatically. You can check dmesg if the USB device is recognised

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