Start Qt application without desktop manager

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MagoEffe
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Start Qt application without desktop manager

Post by MagoEffe »

Dear all,
This is my first post and I hope someone could help me.

I'm new to LXDE and I'm working on a Qt application porting from Ubuntu to a Debian embedded system.

I need to start my Qt application without desktop manager, in order to both save resources and not let the user access to the system, by simply killing application.

In Ubuntu+XFCE I used to put a custom .desktop file into /usr/share/xsession directory, then set the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf in order to let my custom .desktop file being invoked on auto-login. In this way, only my application would be shown without loading any desktop manager.

I tried to write a custom .desktop filers LXDE, putting it into the xsession directory. After logout, my custom session didn't appear between the options. I didn't found any /etc/lxde directory or configuration file, I really don't know what to do to reach my goal.

Thanks in advance for answering.

Regards,
Francesco
Bob E
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Joined: Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:37 am

Re: Start Qt application without desktop manager

Post by Bob E »

Hi MagoEffe. You might try looking through the .config files for what you want to do.

For instance: /home/bob/.config/lxsession/LXDE
MagoEffe
Posts: 2
Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:19 pm

Re: Start Qt application without desktop manager

Post by MagoEffe »

Hi Bob,
Thanks for answering. I will have a look and then let you know.

Regards,
Francesco
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