The LXDE Common package provides a set of default configuration for LXDE.
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Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/lxde/lxde-common-0.99.2.tar.xz
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lxde-icon-theme-0.5.1, LXPanel-0.10.1, LXSession-0.5.5, openbox-3.6.1 (runtime), and PCManFM-1.3.2
desktop-file-utils-0.26, hicolor-icon-theme-0.17, and shared-mime-info-2.2
A notification daemon such as notification-daemon-3.20.0 or xfce4-notifyd-0.8.2, and a display manager such as lxdm-0.5.3 or lightdm-1.32.0
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/lxde-common
Install LXDE Common by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
If you have installed recommended dependencies, run the following
commands as the root user:
update-mime-database /usr/share/mime && gtk-update-icon-cache -qf /usr/share/icons/hicolor && update-desktop-database -q
You can start LXDE from runlevel 3, using xinit-1.4.2, or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager, such as lxdm-0.5.3.
To start LXDE using xinit-1.4.2, run the following commands:
cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
# No need to run dbus-launch, since it is run by startlxde
startlxde
EOF
startx
The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt7. You can switch to another vtn simultaneously pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-Fn (n=1, 2, ...). To switch back to the X session, normally started at vt7, use Ctrl-Alt-F7. The vt where the command startx was executed will display many messages, including X starting messages, applications automatically started with the session, and eventually, some warning and error messages. You may prefer to redirect those messages to a log file, which not only will keep the initial vt uncluttered, but can also be used for debug purposes. This can be done starting X with:
startx &> ~/.x-session-errors
When shutting down or rebooting, the shutdown messages appear on the vt where X was running. If you wish to see those messages, simultaneously press keys Alt-F7 (assuming that X was running on vt7).