Thanks Jeff for the tip! I just installed lxde and ensured that it is enabled but am getting the same black screen with cursor visible.
I'll have to look probably more in the configs as there seems to be something inhibiting the drawing of the interface. Pierre On Monday, 4 May 2020 21:38:20 UTC+5:30, Jeff Pollard wrote: > > Hi, > > Some versions of MachineKit do not come with the desktop environment > installed. I'm not sure if that is the problem you are encountering, but I > had a similar problem before. I installed lxde as a desktop (remotely) > then rebooted, and I got a desktop display after logging in. > > Jeff > > > On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 5:07:38 AM UTC-7, Pierre Ingels wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I am attempting to set up a controller for my CNC lathe using the >> BeagleBone Black and Machinekit. I have set it up pretty well using remote >> terminal and I am now completing the system with a touchscreen (an Elecrow >> RR101 10.1 Inch 1280x800). >> >> It seems to work just fine and displaying the login graphical interface >> at 1280x800, but as soon as I login the mouse cursor remains but the screen >> is all dark. I have poked around with Xrandr thinking that it is the >> resolution but I get this message: >> xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default >> Screen 0: minimum 1280 x 800, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 800 >> default connected 1280x800+0+0 0mm x 0mm >> 1280x800 0.00* >> >> >> I assume that I have to define the screen - any pointers how to do this >> and find the relevant parameters? Or obviously if I need to look in a very >> different direction :) >> >> Thank you! >> Pierre >> > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/61f6cb05-2467-4b97-b94b-00e7d49b81b1%40googlegroups.com.
