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spiky25

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what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

exec startlxde don't seem to work, the last time wicd and others softwares where seeming to block the boot ...

Note : I will use startlxde ...

Last edited by spiky25 (2009-11-22 23:50:45)

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Nezmer

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

Post the output of :
1) "cat .xinitrc"
2) "ls -a1 ~/.config/autostart/"
3) "ls -a1 /etc/xdg/autostart/"

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spiky25

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

1)

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

exec startkde

2)

./
../
Amarok.desktop*
Chromium.desktop*
Deluge BitTorrent Client.desktop*
Miro Internet TV.desktop*
Pidgin Internet Messenger.desktop*
Shaman.desktop*
Skype.desktop*
aMSN.desktop*

3)

./
../
at-spi-registryd.desktop
gdu-notification-daemon.desktop
gnome-at-session.desktop
gnome-keyring-daemon.desktop
gnome-screensaver.desktop
gnome-session-splash.desktop
gnome-settings-daemon-helper.desktop
gnome-settings-daemon.desktop
polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1.desktop
wicd-tray.desktop

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Mardoct

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

Edit the ~/.xinitrc file. Change 'exec startkde' to 'exec startlxde' and then use 'startx' to use lxde.

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

Use exec ck-launch-session startlxde if you want to be able to mount internal devices as root using hal.

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spiky25

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

Edit the ~/.xinitrc file. Change 'exec startkde' to 'exec startlxde' and then use 'startx' to use lxde.

Why and how for startx ???

For now, I have put #exec ck-launch-session startlxde in ~/.xinitrc, I want to try to boot lxde before I change that setting ...

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Mardoct

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

Your ~/.xinitrc should read:

#!/bin/bash
exec startlxde

or as grey said:

#!/bin/bash
exec ck-launch-session startlxde

Anything in this file that starts with # is a comment and is ignored (Except the first line). You can leave comments in if you wish.

When that's done, run 'startx' from the terminal as your user to start lxde. As it is, you have

exec startkde

in the script, which means that the system will try to run a KDE session rather than lxde.

Last edited by Mardoct (2009-11-21 23:51:46)

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spiky25

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

Your ~/.xinitrc should read:

#!/bin/bash
exec startlxde

or as grey said:

#!/bin/bash
exec ck-launch-session startlxde

Anything in this file that starts with # is a comment and is ignored (Except the first line). You can leave comments in if you wish.

When that's done, run 'startx' from the terminal as your user to start lxde. As it is, you have

exec startkde

in the script, which means that the system will try to run a KDE session rather than lxde.

I know but can I try lxde setting before cause each time it don't worked well and as I'm not a CLI geek, I have a hard time to restore exec startkde settings ...

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Mardoct

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

nano ~/.xinitc

If you try and avoid the CLI, you won't do terribly well with Arch.

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spiky25

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

nano ~/.xinitc

If you try and avoid the CLI, you won't do terribly well with Arch.

True but after many times trying and having to restore each time, I don't wanna mess it this time that's all ...

I still have time to learn CLI after, I'm just 25 years old after all ...

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Mardoct

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

I have it down pretty well and I'm 17. I couldn't have done most of this stuff a year ago. If you put a concerted effort, you'll have it down in a month. I find the best way to learn is to make yourself do it a reinstall if you mess it up.

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Nezmer

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

you know cp and mv , right ?
1) "cp .xinitrc .xinitrc.kde"
2) edit .xinitrc to start lxde
3) "cp .xinitrc .xinitrc.lxde"
4) If you want kde back , just "mv .xinitrc.kde .xinit"

Or even better , put this in your .xinitrc :

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
source /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/30-dbus
case "$1" in
kde) exec ck-launch-session startkde & ;;
lxde) exec ck-launch-session startlxde & ;;
*) exec ck-launch-session startkde & ;;
esac

Now , "xinit" will start kde , "xinit kde" will start kde and "xinit lxde" will start lxde.

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spiky25

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

you know cp and mv , right ?
1) "cp .xinitrc .xinitrc.kde"
2) edit .xinitrc to start lxde
3) "cp .xinitrc .xinitrc.lxde"
4) If you want kde back , just "mv .xinitrc.kde .xinit"

Or even better , put this in your .xinitrc :

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
source /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/30-dbus
case "$1" in
kde) exec ck-launch-session startkde & ;;
lxde) exec ck-launch-session startlxde & ;;
*) exec ck-launch-session startkde & ;;
esac

Now , "xinit" will start kde , "xinit kde" will start kde and "xinit lxde" will start lxde.

Seem interesting to try, nice coding also ...

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

stuff

Needs more indentation

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spiky25

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Re: what is the right .xinitrc setup to boot lxde ??? [solved]

you know cp and mv , right ?
1) "cp .xinitrc .xinitrc.kde"
2) edit .xinitrc to start lxde
3) "cp .xinitrc .xinitrc.lxde"
4) If you want kde back , just "mv .xinitrc.kde .xinit"

Or even better , put this in your .xinitrc :

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
source /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/30-dbus
case "$1" in
kde) exec ck-launch-session startkde & ;;
lxde) exec ck-launch-session startlxde & ;;
*) exec ck-launch-session startkde & ;;
esac

Now , "xinit" will start kde , "xinit kde" will start kde and "xinit lxde" will start lxde.

Not working, I have restored it to startkde with my root account ...

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