LXDE and THE DM and my lxdm

[phillipe]

Hi All!

I liked this project very much man!

So I decided to make a package for Archlinux users.

Anyone who is interested in testing the SVN version of LXDM, please download the LXDM PKGBUILD here.

If Arch users use YAOURT, so just do: $ yaourt -S lxdm-svn


Thanks for this project!

[maces]

I have tested it on 64bit and 32 bit, using phillipe's pkgbuild.

1. when I start lxdm on runlevel 5 via inittab it starts, bit when I try to start it as deamon, I get the following:

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/etc/rc.d/functions: line:200 /etc/rc.d/lxdm: no such file or directory

Line 200:

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start_daemon() {
	/etc/rc.d/$1 start
}

wants to start lxdm but "lxdm" isn't there.
@phillipe: The pkgbuild should provide a shell script which launches "lxdm -d" when "/ect.rc.d/lxdm start" is started. Beside this, thx for uploading the pkgbuild.


2. "/usr/bin/lxsession -s LXDE" is using very much cpu power, means half of an "Intel Atom". This is only when I starting LXDE through LXDM.

3. When using sudo, I noticed, that auto completion is working, like:

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sudo lxter<tab> => lxterminal

but when I start it by hiting enter:

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sudo: lxterminal: command not found

when I use

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sudo /usr/bin/lxterminal

everything works fine.
When I sue gdm this all works quite well. Maybe lxdm doesn't export some variables?

4. Is it possible to change the "theme", i mean this is not important at this stage of development, but if there is already a possibility

That's it so far, btw: very nice job.

maces

[phillipe]

Thanks maces!
I used the /etc/rc.d/slim daemon script and I made some alterations to make the /etc/rc.d/lxdm daemon script.
So, now, LXDM works in the DAEMONS section of /etc/rc.conf.
Make a try please!

2. "/usr/bin/lxsession -s LXDE" is using very much cpu power, means half of an "Intel Atom". This is only when I starting LXDE through LXDM.
....
When I sue gdm this all works quite well. Maybe lxdm doesn't export some variables?

I don't have these problems in my Arch maces.

4. Is it possible to change the "theme", i mean this is not important at this stage of development, but if there is already a possibility

Yes, it is possible maces.

Edit the file /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf and modify the theme in the line:

gtk_theme=Clearlooks

EDIT: Here is one screenshot of LXDM customized with a custom theme and a custom background that I made.



For those who want the wallpaper I use click here.

[gilir]

I played with lxdm a bit on Ubuntu and saw that there is no .Xauthority file created, and the code for it was disable. Do you plan to fix it ? Because for me, it blocked anything launched with gksu I don't know how Archlinux works, but they should have the same problem if gksu is handle the same way.

Apart that, it's working pretty well It's a really nice replacement for gdm.

[Texstar]

Where/how do I change the code in lxdm to look for session files in /etc/X11/dm/Sessions instead of /usr/share/xsessions?

Thanks!
Texstar















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[phillipe]

Where/how do I change the code in lxdm to look for session files in /etc/X11/dm/Sessions instead of /etc/X11/dm/Sessions?

Thanks!
Texstar
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You don't need to change the code Texstar, just make a symbolic link from /etc/X11/dm/Sessions to /etc/X11/dm/Sessions, like this:

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ln -s /etc/X11/dm/Sessions/* /etc/X11/dm/Sessions

[Texstar]

In KDM and GDM there is a setting to restart the xserver mostly needed to keep nvidia and fglrx drivers from hanging.

GDM
AlwaysRestartServer=true

KDM
TerminateServer=true

It there such a setting for LXDM?

Thanks,
Tex