Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Israel
On 01/24/2018 10:05 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: > lubuntu 17.10 as vbox vm guest on Solaris-11 (openindiana) host. > Host harware is HP xw8600 workstation. > Vbox version is 5.2.6 > > This is a pretty recent install (a few days old) but has been working > normally thru several reboots over a f

[lubuntu-users] About sysv-rc-conf services tool

2018-01-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Setup: A newish install of lubuntu, as guest in vbox vm, hosted on a solaris-11 host running openindiana (illumos-based) lubuntu-17.10 Virtualbox - 5.2.6 With the default (as installed) /etc/apt/sources.list in place, using `aptitude' (similar to apt-get), I'm unable to find the application `sysv

Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Harry Putnam
[Please note that I tried to send this message with the requested files attached but a moderator of this newsgroup sent back a message saying moderaters had to review the message ... but that it is probably considered too big (too much data) and will probably not be posted Considering that informa

Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Israel writes: [...] Harry wrote: >> So a black screen but no panel or icons, and its not possible to get >> any response with mouse [...] Israel replied: > Hi Harry, > > It would benefit us to learn the contents of your xerrors, as I suspect > this would give an indication as to what went wr

Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Israel writes: [...] Harry wrote: >> So a black screen but no panel or icons, and its not possible to get >> any response with mouse [...] Israel replied: > Hi Harry, > > It would benefit us to learn the contents of your xerrors, as I suspect > this would give an indication as to what went wr

Re: [lubuntu-users] About sysv-rc-conf services tool

2018-01-25 Thread Israel
On 01/25/2018 11:47 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Setup: > A newish install of lubuntu, as guest in vbox vm, hosted on a > solaris-11 host running openindiana (illumos-based) > > lubuntu-17.10 > Virtualbox - 5.2.6 > > With the default (as installed) /etc/apt/sources.list in place, using > `aptitude' (s

Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Israel
On 01/25/2018 12:26 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > [Please note that I tried to send this message with the requested > files attached but a moderator of this newsgroup sent back a message > saying moderaters had to review the message ... but that it is > probably considered too big (too much data) and w

Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Israel writes: > Hi, > I got the files from the list, so they are present I see, yes. Looks like I made a right mess of it. So apologizing to the moderators for loading piles of unnecessary data... some how I manage to post in duplicate. > I looked through things and am not entirely sure what

Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Israel
On 01/25/2018 06:40 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Israel writes: >> Hi, >> I got the files from the list, so they are present > I see, yes. Looks like I made a right mess of it. > So apologizing to the moderators for loading piles of unnecessary > data... some how I manage to post in duplicate. > >

Re: [lubuntu-users] About sysv-rc-conf services tool

2018-01-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Israel writes: > On 01/25/2018 11:47 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Setup: >> A newish install of lubuntu, as guest in vbox vm, hosted on a >> solaris-11 host running openindiana (illumos-based) >> >> lubuntu-17.10 >> Virtualbox - 5.2.6 >> >> With the default (as installed) /etc/apt/sources.list in p

Re: [lubuntu-users] No desktop appears on reboot of lubuntu 17.10

2018-01-25 Thread Harry Putnam
Israel writes: [...] >> How would I know if I accidentally did switch to openbox? is there >> some way to identify the type of session that opens when I log in. >> >> Should I perhaps rename ~/.config then logout and see what happens >> when I log back in? Or would that just be creating mo