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Hello,

I had ~/.cache/lxsession/LXDE/run.log fill up 100% of my HDD.
I had to delete it to free up disk space.
But now LXDE doesn't start.
I have learned that lightdm should start both LXDE and OpenBox, but only the latter ends up running at the end of the start process.
I tried dpkg-reconfigure with lightdm, lxsession, openbox and LXDE packages.
But no success.

Any idea ?

Thank you
hbdevelop1

hbdevelop1 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:25 amI had ~/.cache/lxsession/LXDE/run.log fill up 100% of my HDD.
I had to delete it to free up disk space.

That is very sad because that file would have contained some information about what's wrong with your system...

hbdevelop1 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:25 amBut now LXDE doesn't start.

Please elaborate.

I have learned that lightdm should start both LXDE and OpenBox, but only the latter ends up running at the end of the start process.

There should be a choice of an LXDE session and an Openbox session.

I tried dpkg-reconfigure with lightdm, lxsession, openbox and LXDE packages.

Tried? And succeeded?
Next time you try, please show us all commands entered & full output received, in CODE tags.

Hi Drooly,

Thank you for your reply.

1 -
I am linking to the following :
A- screen shot of what I see on my screen.
B- the output of ps -aux
C- some log files.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Let me know if anyone need more info.

2-
You said that there should be a choice of an LXDE session and an Openbox session.
But in my case I've never seen any choice. LXDE just ends up running at the end of the boot.

3-
The only way to have the usual desktop is by manually running
$ /usr/bin/startlxde &

Thank you

Why do you have all these root-owned files in your home folder? Something is very wrong in your screenshot.
I couldn't really look at the text files, please use a pastebin and always explain where the file comes from, in which context it was created and which command created it.

Hi Drooly,

1- The terminal screen shot is showing the content of /var/log, not my home directory.

2- Here are few log files at the end of the boot:
/var/log/Xorg.0.log -> https://appp.me/21e2K9
/var/log/syslog -> https://appp.me/jJ7I1y
/var/log/boot.log -> https://appp.me/j6qK1M
/var/log/auth.log -> https://appp.me/jPD3mr
ps -aux -> https://appp.me/JQ1RMZ

Let me know if you need more info.

Thank you

Upon superficial reading, I see no "error"s or "fail"s in these logs.
Sorry.

Thank you, Drooly, for your attempt to help

At that point, I'd attempt reinstalling LXDE, as the files are, quite literally, all over the place. It may solve some file location issues!

Hi all,

I have another computer successfully running LXDE.
Comparing /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log in both computers, I've discovered this big difference:

In the computer that runs LXDE sucessfully: [+0.75s] DEBUG: Session pid=1410: Running command /usr/sbin/lightdm-session /usr/bin/startlxde

In the one where LXDE doesn't start: [+5.02s] DEBUG: Session pid=1481: Running command /usr/sbin/lightdm-session /usr/bin/openbox-session

I am not seeing any difference in config files on both computers.
Any clue about the possible root cause ?

Thank you
Hbdevelop

No clue about the "root cause", but it's easy enough to fix: at the login screen, choose the LXDE session instead of the Openbox session.
Unless you actually want the Openbox session.