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ludog

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Registered: 2019-03-19

Posts: 42

[SOLVED] can't autostart LXDE

I'm doing a fresh install of Arch on a new laptop, trying to get LXDE to autostart, like on my old system. When I run startx, then after clicking a few times, I get what looks like two LXDE windows, as well as an lxpanel and an lxterminal. But it won't autostart, nothing happens at login.

cat ~/.xinitrc

#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then







    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then







    xrdb -merge "$userresources"

fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
 for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
 done
 unset f
fi

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
exec startlxde

>>> cat ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE
@lxterminal

>>> pacman -Q | grep lx

lxappearance 0.6.3-4
lxappearance-obconf 0.2.3-3
lxde-common 0.99.2-3
lxde-icon-theme 0.5.1-5
lxdm 0.5.3-7
lxhotkey 0.1.1-2
lxinput 0.3.5-3
lxlauncher 0.2.5-4
lxmenu-data 0.1.5-3
lxmusic 0.4.7-7
lxpanel 0.10.1-1
lxrandr 0.3.2-3
lxsession 1:0.5.5-2
lxtask 0.1.10-2
lxterminal 0.4.0-1

>>> pacman -Q | grep xorg

xorg-fonts-encodings 1.1.0-1
xorg-server 21.1.11-2
xorg-server-common 21.1.11-2
xorg-setxkbmap 1.3.4-1
xorg-twm 1.0.12-1
xorg-xauth 1.1.3-1
xorg-xclock 1.1.1-1
xorg-xinit 1.4.2-1
xorg-xkbcomp 1.4.7-1
xorg-xmodmap 1.0.11-1
xorg-xprop 1.2.7-1
xorg-xrandr 1.5.2-1
xorg-xrdb 1.2.2-1
xorgproto 2023.2-1

>>> pacman -Q | grep openbox

openbox 3.6.1-10

Running startlxde directly doesn't produce anything (though maybe it's not supposed to?)

** Message: 09:55:07.217 main.valal:102: Session is LXDE
** Message: 09:55:07.218 main.valal:103: DE is LXDE

(lxsession:1084): Gtk-WARNING **: 9:55:07.220: cannot open display:

Also, I notice the DISPLAY variable is not set. I don't know where it's supposed to be set.

Last edited by ludog (2024-03-21 09:02:46)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,964

Re: [SOLVED] can't autostart LXDE

Comment out these 2 lines

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &

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ludog

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Registered: 2019-03-19

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] can't autostart LXDE

Thanks, I tried this following your suggestion, but it made no difference.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: [SOLVED] can't autostart LXDE

The autostart file is meant to list programs that are started when lxde is started.

Do you want X / lxde to be autostarted when you login ?

That's configured differently and not though ~/.config .
see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit# … X_at_login

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

ludog

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Registered: 2019-03-19

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] can't autostart LXDE

Ah yes, I think I was confused between the applications that LXDE starts, and starting LXDE itself. Adding startx to .bash_profile worked. Thanks.