Noob. Starting LXDE/LXDM on raspberry pi

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cliverlong
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Noob. Starting LXDE/LXDM on raspberry pi

Post by cliverlong »

Hi,

I am playing around with an aim to use Raspberry Pi as VNC client contacting Windows 8 running VNC server.

The idea is to use X, LXDE and tightvncclient on the Raspberry Pi (I think all are needed)

I have installed the LXDE software on the raspberry pi using commands:

sudo apt-get intall lxde-core xserver-xorg xinit

I issued the command using an ssh session into the raspberry Pi.

From the hundred or so messages everything seems to have installed. I assume that is enough (maybe it isnt).

From the instructions I have found to start the LXDE desktop I just type “startx” on the pi command line. This produces a black screen with the outline of an arrow cursor. I am guessing X has started but not the desktop.

So my questions are:

How do I start the LXDE desktop?
Do I need to start the LXDE to use xtightvncviewer on the Raspberry Pi to access the Windows machine running the VNC server? If not how can I start the vncviewer.

Regards,

Clive Long
arochester
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Re: Noob. Starting LXDE/LXDM on raspberry pi

Post by arochester »

sudo apt-get install xorg ?
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