On 03/03/2011 10:25 PM, daid kahl wrote: >> I want to use LXDE as a Desktop on a fresh install of Gentoo on a laptop >> (amd64). It seems to work, but when I logout it hangs. It never >> returns to the command prompt and the keyboard doesn't work so I can >> switch to an alternate terminal. > > Strange. Never used LXDE, but KDE and Xfce I never had such a problem > with startx. Anyway, if you're serious about using it, probably > you'll want xdm and likely slim (since you're running something > lightweight). Yeah, I ran "startx" for two years because I'm that > lazy, but anyway, it's a good idea. > >>From XDM you can get a terminal if you want. This is only at best a > work around (or indication of deeper problems), but you may try it. > > Just make sure you edit slim.conf for your login_cmd since for zsh you > get a little wrecked if you don't... > > Cheers, > daid > >
After installing xfce4 I found out this problem is not an lxde problem it seems to be a desktop environment or windows manager problem. When I click the logout button in xfce4 it hangs also, it never brings me back to the command prompt. The only thing I can do is Alt-SysReq-EISUB which works really well and suggested in an earlier thread. I installed xdm and slim, but strange things happen with that. When I run /etc/xinit.d/xdm start the slim login appears, but the right half of my keyboard doesn't work right. For example when I press the "k" key a "2" is printed. Very strange. dhk
