Thin Client with Rpi4
Setting up Proxmox #
Thin Client with Rpi4 #
- primary goal is to have remote development
Setting up Display Manager on Rpi4 #
- no previous Display Manager installed
# Install general xserver
sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install xinit
# Install LightDM packages
sudo apt-get install lxde-core lxterminal lxappearance
# remove some unnecessary stuff
sudo apt-get purge xscreensaver
Run the backup of the autostart script for LXDE
#Backup old system autostart file
sudo mv /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart.bak
#Create new empty system autostart file
sudo touch /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
- run on each new “user” (VM machine)
# in [full name] prompt, give a clean description of the VM
# create password
sudo adduser <vm_machine_name_here>
#Create configuration directory and parents for the local user
mkdir -p ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE
#Copy the original system autostart as our new user autostart
cp /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart.bak ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart
