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#1 2011-05-03 07:01:10
- rhadesan
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[SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
Hello,
I have installed LXDE and I am able to load it via startx. (so I have .xinitrc properly configured [exec startlxde]).
I Have just installed slim and put it as daemon into rc.conf. Slim shows me his screen after sturtup, but I am not able to login with my user/name - it only blinks and shows slim screen again.
I thought there could be problem with file .xinitrc permissions so I have set it to 777, but it didn't help. (I am not sure - is it sufficient to have this file only in home directory of that user?)
Any idea?
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#2 2011-05-03 07:44:11
- vinayv
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Re: [SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
A long time ago, even I had lots of issues with slim. It would not load any DE/WM.. I remember fixing it, but I don't remember what I did..
You can check if other DE/WMs come up with your slim..
If you have installed LXDE, you will have openbox for sure.. Try having "exec openbox-session" in .xinitrc and see if openbox comes up.. (It is difficult to notice if openbox has been loaded especially if you have never run openbox before. It will have a blank screen with nothing in it. Right click on the desktop to bring up the menu)
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#3 2011-05-03 07:45:37
- vinayv
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Re: [SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
Maybe your problem is related to this one: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117658
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#4 2011-05-03 15:27:16
- anonymous_user
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Re: [SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
Did you include lxde in your slim.conf? Post the contents of that file.
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#5 2011-05-03 16:38:34
- hauzer
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Re: [SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
Nevermind.
Last edited by hauzer (2011-05-03 16:39:02)
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#6 2011-05-03 20:16:06
- rhadesan
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Re: [SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
Hello again.
It helps to remove pcmanfm. I do not understand what is the problem with tis package?
Anonymous user: I have only that one line in .xinitrc, and slim.conf has its default values.
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#7 2011-05-03 20:47:59
- metre
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Re: [SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
You can use LXDM
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#8 2011-05-04 02:58:27
- vinayv
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Re: [SOLVED] SLIM not boot to LXDE
It helps to remove pcmanfm. I do not understand what is the problem with tis package?
Well, the desktop in LXDE is managed by pcmanfm.. So, if pcmanfm crashes, maybe that causes problems.. Anyway, as noted in the other thread, this could be a bug in pcmanfm. We will have to wait for a fix in pcmanfm.. For now, either uninstall pcmanfm and use SLiM or else use a different DM/WM or login manager
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