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Help, no session?! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I just installed a cisco vpn. And after installing some required libraries I got the option to get rid of "unused" libraries. So I did 'sudo apt autoremove' as suggested. After I rebooted I no longer have a either x11 or wayland in the drop down menu. I can no longer login via the GUI.

Running latest Debian.

Where did I go wrong? Any immediate help appreciated 🙏

Edit: The Cisco VPN required me to download libkit2gtk-4.0-dev if that has anything to do with it?

Edit2: Thanks for all the tips and help. Won't happen again 😅

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[–] Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I recommend checking out Fedora Silverblue and other immutable distros, or, at least, use more containerization like Flatpak and Distrobox.

When the programs are all in their own small environment, they at least don't affect the base system like deleting the DE or other important packages when something goes wrong or changes dependencies.


But, in your case, try switching to tty (CTRL + ALT + F2) and installing the DE base (e.g. gnome-desktop). This will co-install all other dependencies, like X11.


Remember to always backup everything and reading thoroughly when using sudo in the future. And, maybe, check out the tips from my first paragraph :)

[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm thinking about getting OpenSuse Slowroll!

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good choice, but remember to always containerize things, use flatpak and distrobox when possible, opensuse is excellent as a base distro to build your setup on top of, but i wouldnt say so much to actually be your setup. Opensuse user speaking

[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks yeah! What do you do when there isn't a flatpak available for what you need?

I my case I needed Ciso Anyconnect for Uni VPN.

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would try using it inside an archlinux distrobox, and install using yay or some other aur helper