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Hi there,
Is there any way to avoid lxde to manage wallpaper?
I work with openbox+lxde, and I can't impose my wallpaper with feh for example.
I would like to disable wallpaper capability to lxde .
Thank you.
Last edited by mulanee (2013-02-28 06:38:07)
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Isn't the wallpaper in LXDE usually managed by pcmanfm?
I'm not using LXDE anymore myself, but if I remember correctly then it is possible to disable the desktop handling of pcmanfm in its settings somewhere. But that was a while ago, it might have changed by now...
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Just had a look at the settings of pcmanfm. If you run "pcmanfm --desktop-off", that'll probably disable it.
Last edited by keineeile (2013-02-27 22:04:05)
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I had the same problem when I went to LXDE. If I recall correctly, I removed the command to launch pcmanfm from the file /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart. I removed it completely here as I don't use pcmanfm at all, but instead use Thunar as my file manager.
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>Just had a look at the settings of pcmanfm. If you run "pcmanfm --desktop-off", that'll probably disable it.
Yes it does the job, thank you!
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Bad news, it doesn't work again.
I even don't remember where I wrote this "pcmanfm --desktop-off"
I can launch in a shell "pcmanfm --desktop &", but in lxde autostart or openbox autostart makes nothing after x session launch |-((
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Well, you need to write it in a terminal...
Which login manager are you using? If you use e.g. Slim, you can try to add the line "pcmanfm --desktop-off &" to the file ~/.xinitrc... Maybe also have a look if there's already something in that file starting pcmanfm at login.
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No login manager.
After boot, I launch startx in console mode.
Openbox and lxde are installed.
No change by adding "pcmanfm --desktop-off &" to the file ~/.xinitrc
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Did you try removing the command to lauch pcmanfm from '/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart'? Is there anything starting it from your home directory in '.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart'?
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/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart:
@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@pcmanfm --desktop-off --profile LXDE
@xscreensaver -no-splash
.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart:
@conky -d
@numlockx
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What happens if you completely remove the line:
@pcmanfm --desktop-off --profile LXDE
As I mentioned earlier, my autostart file in this location is blank.
I'm currently using Nitrogen to manage my background pictures without any problems.
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/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart:
nothing inside
~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart:
@nitrogen --restore &
@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@pcmanfm --profile LXDE --desktop-off
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@conky -d
@numlockx
Nothing more when I open the session, no wallpaper, black color.
When I open a tty and launch "nitrogen --restore", I get the result I want, the previously chosen wallpaper
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Try removing:
@pcmanfm --profile LXDE --desktop-off
from ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart.
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@pcmanfm --profile LXDE --desktop-off No effect.
To summarize, I face to 3 differents situations:
after boot, whatever I have inside my autostart>black wallpaper, no wallpaper picture, no desktop icon, it seems not to be pcmanfm desktop, but I dont have nitrogen (even feh) wallpaper active.
after launching "nitrogen --restore", nitrogen remembers last selected wallpaper
after launching "pcmanfm --desktop", pcmanfm remembers last selected wallpaper from pcmanfm utility, it seems to be pcmanfm desktop.
after launching again "pcmanfm --desktop-off", i find again my previous nitrogen wallpaper
In conclusion
I don't know why pcmanfm is off after launching lxde, and doesnt allow to use nitrogen
I dont' know why nitrogen is not launched after lxde opening but it should be
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Solved finally.
Solution, content of ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart:
#without nitrogen
@pcmanfm --desktop
#with nitrogen
#@pcmanfm --desktop-off
#@nitrogen --restore
@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@conky -d
@numlockxShould be great to have in the same time pcmanfm (without wallpaper management) AND nitrogen :shock:
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