Apologies up front of I've missed this somewhere here. I've dug and dug!
(I haven't received my ConBee II yet - it arrives in the US via DHL-Global from Amazon _Spain_ next week! - but I've been trying to get the drivers and software/plugins installed to get a feeling for the interface.)
After installing deCONZ manually on my Pi HomeTroller Zee, according to Phoscon's ConBee install instructions page at https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2/install#raspbian (installed via SSH), I'm at a loss as to how to access the GUI for deCONZ, or if I even need to access it, to maintain the ZigBee system/plugin.
But it does seem like I'll need a graphical display on the HS HomeTroller Pi to run it with a GUI. (ie, threads refer to running deCONZ as a GUI)
First I need to say, I'm fairly ignorant of Linux, pretty much just following the directions from others.
After having wrestled with trying to use VNC with the HomeTroller, I'm still baffled...
From some accounts, VNC comes pre-installed by HomeSeer on the Pi. After enabling it using Raspi-config, access via VNC gave me the error 'no .xsession file for [username], no .Xsession file for [username], no window manager....', seems that the Linux window manager has not been installed yet. Should it have been?
I added an empty .xsession file which removed the login-screen error giving me a pretty login-screen, but now logging in only gives me a momentary black screen and then loops back to the login screen. Is this likely because the window manager is non-existent? Or is there something more missing?
Should Raspi-config have installed the required window manager when I enabled VNC?
How would I know if there's a window manager installed?
Thanks for any help!
(I haven't received my ConBee II yet - it arrives in the US via DHL-Global from Amazon _Spain_ next week! - but I've been trying to get the drivers and software/plugins installed to get a feeling for the interface.)
After installing deCONZ manually on my Pi HomeTroller Zee, according to Phoscon's ConBee install instructions page at https://phoscon.de/en/conbee2/install#raspbian (installed via SSH), I'm at a loss as to how to access the GUI for deCONZ, or if I even need to access it, to maintain the ZigBee system/plugin.
But it does seem like I'll need a graphical display on the HS HomeTroller Pi to run it with a GUI. (ie, threads refer to running deCONZ as a GUI)
First I need to say, I'm fairly ignorant of Linux, pretty much just following the directions from others.
After having wrestled with trying to use VNC with the HomeTroller, I'm still baffled...
From some accounts, VNC comes pre-installed by HomeSeer on the Pi. After enabling it using Raspi-config, access via VNC gave me the error 'no .xsession file for [username], no .Xsession file for [username], no window manager....', seems that the Linux window manager has not been installed yet. Should it have been?
I added an empty .xsession file which removed the login-screen error giving me a pretty login-screen, but now logging in only gives me a momentary black screen and then loops back to the login screen. Is this likely because the window manager is non-existent? Or is there something more missing?
Should Raspi-config have installed the required window manager when I enabled VNC?
How would I know if there's a window manager installed?
Thanks for any help!
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