I have a fresh raspberry pi 4 with a ubuntu desktop install created using desktopify. However, after rebooting the device, I do not see a login screen, just a black screen.
Build steps I took:
- I have flashed the sd card with the ubuntu 20.04 server install using the rapsberry pi imager utility.
- Logged in and set a new password.
- Updated all packages using
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y git
Then installed ubuntu desktop as follows:
clone
cd desktopify
sudo ./desktopify --de ubuntu
sudo reboot
During reboot, text is shown on the connected screen. I also see a spinning ubuntu logo. But then the screen goes black. No inputs from keyboard or mouse have any effect. The hardware itself appears fine as I can do all the above physically attached to the pi4. I can ssh to the pi4 just fine from another machine.
Having searched elsewhere there were mentions of changes required to config.txt file. However, I do not seem to have one:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ less /boot/config.txt
/boot/config.txt: No such file or directoryI am unsure of what to try next.
Ultimately, I am trying to build a ubuntu install on the pi4 that I can remote desktop to, where I can interact with GUI applications like IntelliJ for java tinkering, from any other machine on my network. Of course, I could use just the terminal, but I would like the convenience of a GUI experience also. As far as I can tell, a remote desktop capability can only be enabled from an active ubuntu desktop session using a physically enabled screen keyboard. Once this done, I will only connect remotely from windows machines.
1 Answer
So in the end I reflashed the card, and installed ubuntu desktop, rebooted and it just worked.
sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
sudo reboot
