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Opening LXDE

Asked by Julianloui

I have just installed LXDE using sudo apt-get install lxde. But right-clicking the desktop fails to show names of the available window managers. Yet I see the file name lxde.desktop in the /usr/share/app-install/desktop/ directory.

If I enter the following command, Ubuntu 12/04 displays the currently available session managers as below and I can also select any of these window managers.

sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

Selection----- Path----------------------- Prioority...........Status .....
*....0......../usr/bin/gnome-session.........50...............auto mode
....1........./usr/bin/gnome-session..........50...............manual mode
....2........./usr/bin/lxsession.....................40...............manual mode
....3........./usr/bin/openbox-session.......40...............manual mode
....4........./usr/bin/startlxde.....................50...............manual mode

Upon further examination, I found that even though the above command lets me select any one of the listed window managers, I am still stuck with Gnome Terminal 3.4.1.1. Invoking startlxde, lxsession or open-session does not change the status. In view of the above discrepancies, I assume that I may not have installed LXED correctly. Any help from this forum will be much appreciated.

Julianloui

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You need to log off then select LXDE as the session then log back in. You don't "run lxde" yhe same as you can "run gedit". It doesn't work like that

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#2

Andrew,

Thanks very much. I think my problem was that I had been using automatic login too long and therefore I don't get a chance to see the login page. Now I can see the LXDE screen. But what are the purposes of the following commands if they don't seem to do anything? The command line accepts all of them and does not output any error. You may want to try out the first-listed command and judge for yourself.

sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
startlxde
x-session
openbox-session

Julianloui

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Julianloui (julianloui) said : 		#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.