Need help installing LXDE

Novicode · 2013-08-30 17:55:10

I've installed LXDE with the following commands:

pacman -S lxde
mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox
cp /etc/xdg/openbox/{menu.xml,rc.xml,autostart} ~/.config/openbox
pacman -S gamin

But when I go to start the desktop with "exec startlxde", it logs me out of root so I need to log in again. Why is it doing this?

arcon · 2013-08-30 18:24:46

Novicode wrote:

But when I go to start the desktop with "exec startlxde", it logs me out of root so I need to log in again. Why is it doing this?

Firstly, did you follow: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE

and second did you tried as a non-root user because sometimes it is not possible to run DE's as root " search for it " .

Last edited by arcon (2013-08-30 18:25:05)

nbvcxz · 2013-08-30 21:08:20

Ok - step by step: where have you placed "exec startlxde"? Do you start X session by startx command? Try to install lxdm (pacman -S lxdm) and start it from console (root)# systemctl start lxdm.service. If it starts fine you should login to LXDE session. If you would like to have it enabled for each system start as default login manager just (root)# systemctl enable lxdm.service

Trilby · 2013-08-30 21:19:47

Novicode wrote:

"exec startlxde", it logs me out of root so I need to log in again. Why is it doing this?

While the "don't run X as root" warning has been alluded to, it is worth repeating and stating it more directly: don't run X as root.

But for this specific question, it did what you told it to do - that's what the exec command does, it replaces the current process with the new one. If the current process is your login shell, then your login shell will be replaced by startlxde. When startlxde completes - successfully or not - you will need to log back in. If you don't want this, then don't use the exec command.

Novicode · 2013-08-31 17:56:45

nbvcxz wrote:

Ok - step by step: where have you placed "exec startlxde"? Do you start X session by startx command? Try to install lxdm (pacman -S lxdm) and start it from console (root)# systemctl start lxdm.service. If it starts fine you should login to LXDE session. If you would like to have it enabled for each system start as default login manager just (root)# systemctl enable lxdm.service

I've installed lxdm and gamin using pacman. When I try "systemctl start lxdm.service" it just creates a new line. Nothing gets returned, nothing happens.

nbvcxz · 2013-09-01 09:35:25

Novicode wrote:

I've installed lxdm and gamin using pacman. When I try "systemctl start lxdm.service" it just creates a new line. Nothing gets returned, nothing happens.

/var/log/lxdm.log would be the first place to search some clues. Besides you can start from root console /usr/bin/lxdm and see the output. And one more - please assure that you are switched to vt7 (press ATL+F7)

statki_pomyj · 2013-09-02 08:50:41

I've had no problems with LXDE so far, so let's see if you followed my route.

1. After installing the base system, create a user with all required groups, including wheel.
2. Reboot and log into your new user.
3. sudo pacman -S lxde (choose whichever packages you want)
4. sudo systemctl enable lxdm
5. Reboot, and lxdm should start - type in your password and boom, you're in lxsession.
6. Put this in /etc/lxdm/PostLogout to prevent lxdm from crashing when you log out:

if [ ! -z "$(pgrep lxdm)" ]
	then
		systemctl restart lxdm
fi

nbvcxz · 2013-09-02 09:26:04

@ statki_pomyj - point 6. should be definitely in Arch Wiki LXDE as it is common problem with lxdm - thx for solution
@ Novicode - let us know if lxdm works fine (and mark subject as [SOLVED]) or if not - paste /var/log/lxdm.log or console messages

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Need help installing LXDE

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