Ctrl + Alt + F1 should give you access to a TTY terminal.
Then log as pi/raspberry to issue your commands.
Ctrl + Alt + F7 brings you back to the GUI

My experience so far... In addition to the removal of Xscreensaver, I would also suggest to remove openbox, which is now useless (LXDE relative) For comparison purposes, my hardware settings are now : - 240 Mb ARM / 16Mb Video Core - 800 Mhz overclock I don't think there's much left to uninstall (ps...

I intended to do so, of course :D First impressions are : XFCE shoud be more comfortable within the 512Mb version of PI... Removal of Xscreensaver is a must do, according to excessive cpu consumption, even while idle ( for instance metaballs or swirl still use 53% CPU after their first launch, even ...

Got it ! Here's the sequence. sudo apt-get install xfce4 xfce4-goodies sudo dpkg --get-selections. Pick in the result list all names begining by lx ,and remove them to more or less get a complete rid of lxde sudo apt-get remove lxde lxappearance lxde-common lxde-core lxde-icon-theme lxinput lxmenu-d...

Hello, I managed to switch from LXDE to XFCE4, but can't figure out how to automatically start XFCE4, instead of LXDE. :oops: I just removed lxde packages (sudo apt-get remove lxde), but it still launch at boot. :?: So , my question are: 1) How to definitely get rid of LXDE on my raspian wheezy. 2) ...

Jamie, This article should give you some clues : http://www.raspberrypi-tutorials.co.uk/set-raspberry-pi-wireless-network/ Interesting stuff begin with the creation of /etc/wpa.config You may ignore what's preceeding. Edit /etc/wpa.config marked lines (*) to suit your needs : network={ ssid=”YOUR_SS...

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Quickest way to change LXDE Wallpaper : 1) Open a terminal session 2) Type : pcmanfm --desktop-pref You may also (for conveniance) want to create an icon on your desktop. Proceed as follow : 1) Using you favorite editor (nano/vi/...), create a desktopchanger.desktop file, located in /home/pi/Desktop...