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Now I now the cause of it. Every now and then PCmanFM crashes for unknow reason. Once it does, I need to start it again as my desktop and file manager, but clicking stuff no longer works and I need to reboot.

Any solutions come to your mind?

Every now and then this happens: If I click an icon, say an mp3 file (same for every filetype: avi, doc, txt, etc), on the desktop or inside pcmanfm file manager, a new tab appears on my taskbar, for example "VLC media player". It stays there for 10 seconds, and then disappears. Nothing ha...

I tried using autologin scrip from ubuntu forums, but apparently it is no longer possible since 9.04 (security reasons my butt).

Hey, hey. This tip from ALSA wiki solved my volume problem. Thanks!

But I still wonder if I can remove all login managers.

So far, I have not found any other settings that are not being saved. I am using GDM. Is KDM better? In fact, I'd be glad to get rid of any login manager as this is single-user, autologin machine. This is build on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 i386 installed from minimal ISO. Hardware is Pentium II 400Mhz, 384...

Great. That helped with resolution.

But how about muted volume?

I thought it's just screen resolution, but it's also the case with muted volume control. Whenever I reboot, LXDE starts in predefined resolution and muted speakers. I just installed it today so wonder what else is not being saved.

How can I make the settings stick?

I have exactly the same problem. I installed ubuntu from mini.iso and then apt-get'ted lxde. Whenever I restart, LXDE loads with 1600x1400 resolution (max for my monitor) regardless of me setting it every time to 1280x1024. I tried adding xrandr -s 1280x1024 to /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/default but it...