[SOLVED] How to install lxde on slackware

gonny95 · 02-25-2014, 11:12 PM

I'm trying to install lxde on 32-bit slackware14.1

I installed lxde-common, pcmanfm, lxsession and their requirements from slackbuilds

But when I try to start lxde using 'startlxde' command,
It says that

Code:

root@localhost:~#startlxde
** Message:main.vala:99: Session is LXDE
** Message:main.vala:100: DE is LXDE

(lxsession:1960): Gtk-WARNING **: cannont open display:
root@localhost:~#

And I also want to know how to uninstall KDE and xfce and their associated packages completely

notKlaatu · 02-26-2014, 01:12 AM

The "proper" way to start a desktop environment is to add it to your .xinitrc file so that you can issue the 'startx' command, which should not require you to be root in order to execute.

Slackware ships with a bunch of sample .xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit/

The idea is that you will startx and then it will look at your user's .xinitrc file to figure out what desktop you want to launch.

You also might be able to launch lxde from KDM or XDM, which you can launch as root, and then find lxde as an option in the desktop options before logging in.

gonny95 · 02-26-2014, 01:39 AM

I looked at /etc/X11/xinit/ there is already lxde.xinitrc file
So I changed default x window manager using xwmconfig
Then I can run startx but there are no icons, no panels, even no mouse pointer(There is a mouse pointer but invisible.I can do right-click and pop up menu appears)
What I can see is just an wallpaper

gonny95 · 02-26-2014, 02:00 AM

I installed lxappearance and lxappearance-opconf then works fine. thanks

notKlaatu · 02-26-2014, 02:24 AM

Forgot about xwmconfig :-)
Glad you got it figured out!

shantiq · 08-05-2017, 04:22 AM

just an update here as it may be of use to others
you need

libfm-extra
menu-cache
libfm
libunique
lxappearance
openbox [next entry requires it]
lxappearance-obconf [until which the mouse was not seen]
lxde-common
lxdm
lxinput
lxlauncher
lxmenu-data
lxpanel
lxrandr
lxterminal
pcmanfm

right order exactly here but you will find out as you go

installed all through sbopkg here

then to run

at startup after login and passwd

Code:

xwmconfig

then choose lxde and then to startx

To revert to KDE or xfce do same