Final steps, before starting LXQt.
openbox-3.6.1, or another window manager, such as Xfwm4-4.12.4, or kwin from Plasma-5.12.1. Note that IceWM-1.4.2 is not suitable for LXQt
lightdm-1.24.0 or another Display Manager, e.g. lxdm-0.5.3, desktop-file-utils-0.23, shared-mime-info-1.9, xdg-utils-1.1.2, and XScreenSaver-5.38
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/post-install
If LXQt is installed in
/usr, jump directly to LXQt Final Updates, otherwise run the
commands in the next section.
If LXQt is installed into
/opt, some files have to be copied
to /usr/share, so that the system
can find them. Run the following commands, as the root user:
ln -svfn $LXQT_PREFIX/share/lxqt /usr/share/lxqt &&
cp -v {$LXQT_PREFIX,/usr}/share/xsessions/lxqt.desktop &&
for i in $LXQT_PREFIX/share/applications/*
do
ln -svf $i /usr/share/applications/
done
for i in $LXQT_PREFIX/share/desktop-directories/*
do
ln -svf $i /usr/share/desktop-directories/
done
unset i
ldconfig
You can start LXQt from a TTY, using xinit-1.3.4, or by using a graphical display manager such as lightdm-1.24.0.
To start LXQt using xinit-1.3.4, run the following commands:
cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
dbus-launch --exit-with-session startlxqt
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).
Last updated on 2018-01-05 14:14:37 -0800