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Required Information
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DietPi version | G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=10
G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=2
G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=3
G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’ -
Distro version |
echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN -
Kernel version | Linux DietPi 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.75-1+rpt1 (2026-03-11) aarch64 GNU/Linux
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Architecture |
arm64 -
SBC model |
RPI5 and RPI4 -
Power supply used | Canakit 5A 45W power supply
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SD card used | samsung evo select (matches official raspberry pi micro sd card specs, microsd xc I, U3, A2, V30
Additional Information (if applicable)
Steps to reproduce
VNC’ing into dietpi after installing gnome and rebooting
Expected behaviour
Getting to a working desktop environment
Actual behaviour
Extra details
I’ve gotten this issue after installing Gnome - the weird thing is that Gnome works no problem on my Orange Pi, also running Gnome. I installed Gnome using ‘apt install gnome’ from Discover exciting X11 desktops for your DietPi - DietPi blog
The guide for this also includes ‘dietpi-autostart 16’ which references microblog.pub so I didn’t do that.
The weird thing is that it worked until my next restart.
I’m aware this isn’t an officially supported desktop environment so I ran ‘apt purge gnome’ and installed xfce through dietpi-software and rebooted but the issue persists.
This issue keeps cropping up across several reflashes of dietpi, I’ve been using ssh to manage the server for several months so I didn’t post here until I really needed a graphical environment