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z5rz

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Registered: 2009-02-21

Posts: 11

lxde windows issues

I am having an issue with lxde...  I just installed it and when I start up, the lxde desktop appears to load fine.   

As soon as I open a window,

1.  It places the window in the upper left corner.  I am unable to move it or resize it.

2.  In the windows title bar, the close, restore, minimize buttons are not there.....   This is on all windows that open.

This is happening on two machines, my desktop and an older ibm t20.   The desktop has had Arch on it for a few months.  The laptop is a fresh install, and I was trying to load a lighter weight DE...

Gnome is fine on both...

Any ideas are appreciated..

thanks in advance

josomebody

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Registered: 2008-06-20

Posts: 190

Re: lxde windows issues

Are you using a window manager with it? Usually LXDE should start OpenBox by default.

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Wra!th

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Registered: 2009-03-31

Posts: 342

Re: lxde windows issues

Yeah this sounds like there's no WM started, or it crashes when you open the window(s).
That's the default bare X behaviour.

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z5rz

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Registered: 2009-02-21

Posts: 11

Re: lxde windows issues

openbox is installed.  Do I need to associate or configure lxde to work with it?   I just figured when I installed Lxde, it installed openbox for that purpose.....

thanks..

z5rz

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Registered: 2009-02-21

Posts: 11

Re: lxde windows issues

It appears the config files look ok???  Openbox is installed and "appears" to be set right...

/etc/xdgl/lxsession/LXDE/default

lxde-settings
smproxy
xscreensaver -no-splash
openbox --config-file $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/openbox/lxde-rc.xml
lxpanel --profile LXDE
pcmanfm -d

/etc/xdgl/lxsession/LXDE/autostart

@lxde-settings
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@pcmanfm -d

/etc/xdgl/lxsession/LXDE/config

[Session]
window_manager=openbox-lxde

If you think openbox is crashing, I will follow that....

thanks