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I have two quick questions no amount of googling has answered for me.
If I untick the 'manage wallpaper and icons' box when I restart LXDE - naturally - I have no wallpaper. So...
1/ What other method of setting wallpaper exists I could use in conjunction with idesk?
2/ Where/how can I start idesk to supply my desktop icons?
These two things will get around the inability to rearrange icons, which I dislike. I am familiar with idesk and fluxbox, but cannot find out the proper syntax and command to get idesk going with LXDE, nor which file to edit.
Thanks.

You could try feh to set the wallpaper

You can start anything you like by putting it in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart or by putting a .desktop file in /etc/xdg/autostart/

Sorted. I installed feh (already had idesk installed and running in fluxbox)
then edited following lines in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart:

@lxde-settings-daemon
@xscreensaver -no-splash
@lxpanel --profile LXDE
@feh
@idesk
#@pcmanfm -d - note, commented out...

On restarting LXDE typed $ feh --bg-scale /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers/lxde_blue.jpg
and presto. Wallpaper plus icons