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thomas17

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Registered: 2017-03-01

Posts: 21

lxde - no session for pid n

I get a popup every time i start/reboot the system. the pid points to lxpolkit. How can I find the error? There are a lot of forum posts about this problem in an ubuntu derivat but these workarounds in the bug reports do not work.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,925

Re: lxde - no session for pid n

Usually that message is a result of starting a session for X in the wrong way..

How do you start X : startx/xinitrc , xinit directly, a display manager ?

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thomas17

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Registered: 2017-03-01

Posts: 21

Re: lxde - no session for pid n

I use lightDM and openbox without .xinitrc but enabled lightdm with "systemctl enable lightdm" before I used kde and gnome but I think I fully uninstalled it.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: lxde - no session for pid n

so you use the display manager lightdm .

Wiki has lots of info how to change lightdm looks, but not much actual configuration info.
It does appear there are 2 config-files that matter :

/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and ~/.dmrc .

please post their contents.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2017-05-27 22:11:15)

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

(A works at time B)  && (time C > time B ) ≠  (A works at time C)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: lxde - no session for pid n

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