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numerical

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Registered: 2016-08-20

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How to launch Lxde without Lxdm?

Hi everybody
Now ,it is just 24 hours since i installed ArchLinux

I tried to launch lxde with "startlxde" , unfortunatley it didnt work
In this topic it is guided to run lxdm with "systmctl"

But i dont want to use Lxde Display Manager(Lxdm)
I want to launch it as i do with xfce (simply typing startxfce4 in cli)

+When i am in xfce or i3 , while i type startlxde ,  it runs.

Could you help me please ?

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

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Re: How to launch Lxde without Lxdm?

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE#Console

You need to put the 'startlxde' command in your .xinitrc, and use startx.

Last edited by ooo (2016-08-20 12:36:26)

Trilby

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Re: How to launch Lxde without Lxdm?

Xcfe is unique - and unfortunately so.  It's startxfce command does a lot for you and hides it from you - and it is completely different from any other DE/WM that is can be run from the console and it will start X for you.

As noted above, you need to use xinit or startx, and run startlxde once X is running (e.g., from your ~/.xinitrc).

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