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thdn

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Registered: 2010-11-22

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cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

Hello, I have installed LXDE with pcmanfm. After installation, I ran:

exec ck-launch-session startlxde

but i got

  cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file or directory 

How can I resolve this problem?

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

Workaround to get you going: create/copy/borrow/steal a pcmanfm.conf and put it in the given location.

Recommended action: report the bug to the lxde people.

Ultimate solution: fix the bug, and send a patch to the lxde people.

thdn

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Registered: 2010-11-22

Posts: 13

Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

Emmm ok, can someone paste here, this config file??

TheBodziO

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From: Dukla, Poland

Registered: 2006-07-28

Posts: 230

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Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

Well… config file – unfortunately no, but you could try to "touch" the thing:

touch ~/.config/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf

"startlxde" tries to copy conf into .config/pcmanfm and this tricks it to believe that config is already there. Yup – only workaround but it should work. Let me know how did it work.

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zertyz

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From: Rio de Janeiro

Registered: 2010-06-25

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Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

The reported "bug" still persists to date -- when following the LXDE Wiki article.

I "solved" by installing the package 'pcmanfm' and running the following commands:

mkdir -p /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm
cp -a /etc/xdg/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.conf /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf

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Luiz.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

Has the bug actually been reported - or are you just referring to this thread?

zertyz

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From: Rio de Janeiro

Registered: 2010-06-25

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Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

I was referring only to this thread, sorry.

I would fix the Wiki myself, but I think its better for me to learn more about LXDE before doing it.

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Luiz

andrewthomas

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Registered: 2010-05-08

Posts: 52

Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

The reported "bug" still persists to date -- when following the LXDE Wiki article.

I "solved" by installing the package 'pcmanfm' and running the following commands:

mkdir -p /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm
cp -a /etc/xdg/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.conf /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf

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Luiz.

I had to create a symbollic link to get my wallpaper to show up.

ln -s ~/.config/pcmanfm/defaut/pcmanfm.conf ~/.config/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf 

Since both of the problems seem to me to be confined to archlinux (neither of the problems occur in a gentoo installation,) I would think that the bug should be reported to archlinux and not upstream.

Last edited by andrewthomas (2011-05-25 00:01:56)

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doaN

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Registered: 2011-06-08

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Re: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file

bug reported ? I got the same issue here