[gentoo-user] lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set
Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog box... just an error messages that says: Desktop manager is not active All the lxde-base pkgs contained in lxde-meta are installed. Openbox wm is installed. Anyone know what that error message means or how to get around or fix it?
Re: [gentoo-user] lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set
On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 00:27:47 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: > LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences > Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog > box... just an error messages that says: > > Desktop manager is not active > > All the lxde-base pkgs contained in lxde-meta are installed. > > Openbox wm is installed. > > Anyone know what that error message means or how to get around or fix > it? You're missing an essential package. Install lxde-meta to make sure you get it. Once working, you can remove unnecessary packages later. -- Neil Bothwick Every morning is the dawn of a new error... pgpkfKGSjvfFE.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set
Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog box... just an error messages that says: Desktop manager is not active All the lxde-base pkgs contained in lxde-meta are installed. Openbox wm is installed. Anyone know what that error message means or how to get around or fix it? Is pcmanfm running? $ ps ax | grep pcmanfm 2975 ?Sl 0:00 pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE 2982 ?Sl 0:00 pcmanfm --desktop If not, check if it specified in the lxsession configuration. On my system the (default) lxsession configuration file contains: $ cat .config/lxsession/LXDE/autostart @lxpanel --profile LXDE @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE @xscreensaver -no-splash You could also check the 'Autostart' tab in the 'Preferences->Default applications for LXSession' and verify that 'Disable autostarted applications' dropdown entry is set to 'No'. You reach the same config window by issuing: $ lxsession-default-apps raffaele
