LXDE Desktop and Compiz

[user4871502]

Hi everyone
I installed compiz and I setup in this file : .config/lxsession/LXDE/desktop.conf

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[Session]
window_manager=compiz

and it works great but I dont have desktop with icons anymore.
I think it could be with desktop_manager right ?
I tried different :

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#desktop_manager/command=LXDE
#desktop_manager/command=openbox-lxde

but I really don’t know what to do, and I didn’t find a lot of ressources online
Thank you for your help

[drooly]

and it works great but I dont have desktop with icons anymore.

That's strange, because the filemanager provides the desktop icons, not the windowmanager.
Unless compiz interferes with that, I don't know (I have never used compiz).
Please show us the full contents of all files in ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE/.
Please use code tags for that.

[user4871502]

Thank you for your help,

I've got two files exactly autostart :

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@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE
@xscreensaver -no-splash

and desktop.conf :

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[Session]
#window_manager=openbox-lxde
window_manager=compiz
disable_autostart=no
polkit/command=lxpolkit
clipboard/command=lxclipboard
xsettings_manager/command=build-in
proxy_manager/command=build-in
keyring/command=ssh-agent
quit_manager/command=lxsession-logout
lock_manager/command=lxlock
terminal_manager/command=lxterminal
quit_manager/image=/usr/share/lxde/images/logout-banner.png
quit_manager/layout=top

[GTK]
sNet/ThemeName=Arc
sNet/IconThemeName=ePapirus
sGtk/FontName=Sans 10
iGtk/ToolbarStyle=3
iGtk/ButtonImages=1
iGtk/MenuImages=1
iGtk/CursorThemeSize=18
iXft/Antialias=1
iXft/Hinting=1
sXft/HintStyle=hintslight
sXft/RGBA=rgb
iNet/EnableEventSounds=1
iNet/EnableInputFeedbackSounds=1
sGtk/ColorScheme=
iGtk/ToolbarIconSize=3
sGtk/CursorThemeName=DMZ-White

[Mouse]
AccFactor=20
AccThreshold=10
LeftHanded=0

[Keyboard]
Delay=500
Interval=30
Beep=1

[State]
guess_default=true

[Dbus]
lxde=true

[Environment]
menu_prefix=lxde-

[drooly]

I'm guessing that compiz overrides the desktop somehow.

More troubleshooting:

• make sure all filemanager (pcmanfm) windows are closed
• open a terminal, try the following:

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  ps aux | grep pcmanfm
  pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE 

Show us the output.

I suspect compiz being the culprit here, please make sure you are aware of all its configuration options.

[user4871502]

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ps aux | grep pcmanfm
user   1708  0.0  0.0   6092   888 pts/0    S+   10:02   0:00 grep pcmanfm

pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE 
** Message: 10:02:51.948: x-terminal-emulator has very limited support, consider choose another terminal
segmentation error

I checked on the compiz options but I didn't find anything about it ! Should i leave compiz for you ?

[drooly]

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segmentation error

Does this mean pcmanfm --desktop crashes?
Have you tried without specifying the LXDE profile?
Does pcmanfm work at all (as a file manager) under compiz?
Does this also happen without compiz, with openbox?

Should i leave compiz for you ?

Me? Why me? I have nothing to do with it!

[user4871502]

Otherwise yes pcmanfm works fine under compiz.

But i would like to use nautilus by default.
How can i do it ? and does nautilus provide a desktop ?

It's weird because i did another time this command :

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ps aux | grep pcmanfm

and i got that now :

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user   1140  4.1  1.2 703652 48556 ?        Sl   17:23   0:00 pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE
user   1591  0.0  0.0   6224   824 pts/0    S+   17:23   0:00 grep pcmanfm

and without compiz, with the command "pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE" nothing happens, no error, no message, nothing.