On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 09:29:49AM +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote
I am installing a new system and would like to go udev/systemd less.
I have dumped gnome3 for lxde and find it a lot more usable and stable
but I would like to know if anyone has gone down the mdev and lxde path?
I use ICEWM (see my sig), but testing for lxde on my system is
relatively simple. Note all the ebuild subdirectories in
/usr/portage/lxde-base To build all of these, I have to unmask dbus,
and add the lxde flag for x11-misc/obconf. I.e...
USE=lxde policykit emerge -pv lxappearance lxde-common lxde-icon-theme
lxde-meta lxdm lxinput lxlauncher lxmenu-data lxpanel lxpolkit lxrandr
lxsession lxsession-edit lxshortcut lxtask lxterminal menu-cache
...shows (on my machine)...
Total: 39 packages (39 new), Size of downloads: 19,718 kB
If you don't mind dbus, you should be OK without udev. dbus is
required by lxpolkit and lxdm. I don't know if lxde will function
without lxpolkit and lxdm, but they didn't get pulled in, when I ran...
USE=lxde emerge -pv lxappearance lxde-common lxde-icon-theme lxde-meta
lxinput lxlauncher lxmenu-data lxpanel lxrandr lxsession lxsession-edit
lxshortcut lxtask lxterminal menu-cache
...shows (on my machine)...
Total: 33 packages (33 new), Size of downloads: 15,149 kB
Check on an lxde forum if you want further info on whether lxpolkit
and lxdm are really required for lxde.
BTW, Google's Chrome/Chromium browser wants udev and dbus. dbus is
an absolute must. I think you can get away with putting udev in
package.provided. Apparently, it's only needed for gamepad support.
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Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
I don't run desktop environments; I run useful applications