Starting LXDE on Arch Linux

[MTGap]

I just installed Arch Linux and installed LXDE following the instructions on the wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE

However when I try to start lxde with exec dbus-launch ck-launch-session startlxde

It says: cp: cannot stat /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf No such file or directory

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.

[Marty Jack]

For starters, report the problem to Arch Linux. This should be the first order of business for almost anything: your distro is your primary support channel for how the system fits together.

Look in /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm and see what file you have there. Then edit startlxde accordingly. My guess is lxde-common's idea of what the PCManFM configuration file is named is out of sync with pcmanfm's.

[andrewthomas]

I hate to drag up this old thread, but archlinux still has not fixed the problem.

You have to make the directory and copy the file yourself.

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mkdir -p /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm
cp  /etc/xdg/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.conf /usr/share/lxde/pcmanfm/pcmanfm.conf