{SOLVED} Bootable USB

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its very light

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Let me get ethernet and I'll install it

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fine

do u need help with that?

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I connected ethernet

How do I know if it works

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ping some web

like ping google.com

it will send ICMP packets to google.com

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Works

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ctrl C to stop it

perfect

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How to install xfce

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easy one

do u want bare metal XFCE

or with some extra plugins

here u have the diference

bare metal: https://archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/xfce4/

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Bare metal

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with extra plugins: https://archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/xfce4-goodies/

so do sudo pacman -S xfce4

when done do sudo pacman -S xorg xorg-xinit

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all default

just press enter

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.

this is the graphic server

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Done

Its installing

Done

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fine

now

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How to enter xfce

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do u want to start xfce4 manually on the console or with a display manager

display manager is this:

for example

i usually start manually on the terminal but its is at ur choice

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What's the difference?

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no difference

both ways ends up in the same

for example in my case i prefer starting it manually on the tty cause sometimes i just need to boot up linux for a simple task like formatting a usb so i do not need to enter a graphic environment

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Manually then

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its matter of liking

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I dont think we will use much de

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if u prefer the other way its absolutely right

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ok then

ok so do the following

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Wait, let me find my keyboard

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to start xfce4 manually u will use a command called startx

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I'm using laptop and I dont like it's keyboard

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which starts XORG manually

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fine

for this u need two simple files in ur User's home

sudo cp -v /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc /home/User/.xinitrc

sudo cp -v /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc /home/User/.xserverrc

these commands are used to copy the templates located in /etc

to ur home

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y typed ect

not etc

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Done

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now this one sudo cp -v /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc /home/User/.xserverrc

when done open .xinitrc

located in ur home

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Done

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now go to the end of the file

u will se some lines before "fi"

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hmmm

u should see a lot more things

what file did u open

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type ls -a

u should have .xinitrc

and .xserverrc

do u?

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My phone ran out of battery

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no worry

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Yes I do

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u should have more lines in .xinitrc

check if u copied it well

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Resend me the commands of copying

My phone sucks

Takes a second to write a letter

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sudo cp -v /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc /home/User/.xserverrc

sudo cp -v /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc /home/User/.xinitrc

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Ignore that neofetch

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fine so now open

sudo nano /home/User/.xinitrc

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Yeah it has stuff

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go down

at the end of the file

u will see some lines after "fi"

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Yes

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can u send a photo?

i do not remember it by mind

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My phone is charging in other room, I'm moving constantly, let's wait so it gets a bit charged

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ok no worry

ping me when ready

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Ok cya

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I'm back

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ok

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.

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ok so now remove the last 5 lines

just after "fi"

and when removed type

exec startxfce4

save the file

and now u can start xfce4 with startx command

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Yay

A mouse

So good

Thank you so much

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ur welcome

make the thread as solved if we are done

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Do I set it off normally?

Then remove the usb

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for powering off:

power off from xfce4 or typing poweroff in the terminal

when the pc is off

remove the usb

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Ok got it

[eager schooner]

not before cause u can corrupt it

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{SOLVED} Bootable USB