TeamViewer 13 & debian 9.3 - NO GUI

I post this bug because i look for solution in others message in this page, but those says problem solved but not show how to solve.

I have debian Debian GNU/Linux 9.3 (stretch) installed in a 64 bits pc

I installed teamviewer_13.0.6634_amd64.deb

This is the problem

user@debianpc:~$ teamviewer

Init...
CheckCPU: SSE2 support: yes
Checking setup...
Launching TeamViewer ...
Launching TeamViewer GUI ...

But nothing happens

next i run

user@debianpc:~$ teamviewer --info

TeamViewer 13.0.6634 (DEB)

TeamViewer ID:
Try restarting the TeamViewer daemon (e.g. teamviewer --daemon restart)

teamviewerd status ● teamviewerd.service - TeamViewer remote control daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/teamviewerd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-02-04 09:49:52 -05; 55s ago
Process: 26250 ExecStart=/opt/teamviewer/tv_bin/teamviewerd -d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 26252 (teamviewerd)
Tasks: 17 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/teamviewerd.service
└─26252 /opt/teamviewer/tv_bin/teamviewerd -d

I a follow the recomendation using

user@debianpc:~$ teamviewer --daemon restart

systemctl restart teamviewerd.service
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ===
Se requiere autenticación para reiniciar 'teamviewerd.service'.
Authenticating as: root
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===

and again the same, no GUI started when I run teamviewer command

I am using awesome window manager

user@debianpc:~$ awesome -v
awesome v4.0 (Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger)
• Compiled against Lua 5.1.5 (running with Lua 5.1)
• D-Bus support: ✔
• execinfo support: ✔
• RandR 1.5 support: ✔
• LGI version: 0.9.1

extra pc inf

Description
===========
HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF
339A
64KiB BIOS
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz
256KiB L1 cache
8GiB System Memory
4GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
4GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller
Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller
7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SMBus Controller

I hope someone can help please.

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J_Reis

It seems very likely to me that you are experiencing the same issue I (and a number of others) encountered. The behaviour (no GUI) and the terminal output are the same.

If so, the source of the problem is that TV requires that the X session have been launched by a display manager. Since you mentioned using AwesomeWM I'm guessing there's at least some chance you aren't using a display manager. I was able to make TV work by installing lightDM and using it to start my window manager. TV then worked normally for me.

My own thread on this forum concerning the issue can be found --here--. You may note that I suggested TV add "display manager" as a dependency or at least add some kind of meaningful error message in order to prevent confusion, but this has not come to pass and people continue to show up here with this issue. For example: --here--.

I also started a thread about a solution that doesn't require a display manager, since one should not be neccessary for an app like TV. Another user expressed similar concerns --here--.

There's been limited follow up from TV personnel, who are no doubt busy with other issues. The more people we can get posting about the issue the more likely it is to be considered worth the resources to addess.

I've hijacked your thread a little bit, but hopefully some of the information above is helpful. If not you may want to run teamviewer ziplog (may require sudo) and post the results for the professionals to look at.

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J_Reis

It seems very likely to me that you are experiencing the same issue I (and a number of others) encountered. The behaviour (no GUI) and the terminal output are the same.

I also started a thread about a solution that doesn't require a display manager, since one should not be neccessary for an app like TV. Another user expressed similar concerns --here--.

DamienCassou

I have exactly the same problem (with exwm as window manager)

YuberVasquez

Hi. The solution changed the way that I work.
I installed ligthdm following an answer
That's all