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I installed LXDE on an ACER ASPIRE netbook. First I followed the Gentoo Wiki for installing Gentoo on the Acer, including X. X started fine after this, mouse detected, screen OK.

Next I followed the LXDE Wiki page for Gentoo. Didn't get any errors. As for starting I emerged XDM. According to the Wiki it should list LXDE. When I started XDM I got a loging screen and this brought me directly to standard X, not LXDE. As it was impossible to exit (even ctrl+alt+backspace) I repowered the pc and had some problems with lock files on the /tmp. Cleared those.

Now if I start X with startx I get a black screen with the mouse cursor, nothing else. I looked for ~/.xinit.rc but this doesn't exsist (didn't find one in /etc/X11 either). Running "startlxde" from promt does nothing. I have to break it with ctrl+C.Xdm gives the standard X (grey background with "xsm" and terminal window, working mouse.

Any ideas on how to get lxde running? Is there a template .xinit.rc?

xorg-x11 7.2
mesa 7.3-r1
lxde-common 0.3.2.1
lxde-meta not installed
openbox 3.4.7.2
lxsession 0 (???)
pcmanfm 0.5
lxpanel 0.3.8.1
gpicview 0.1.10

Well, for one thing, the correct spelling is .xinitrc not .xinit.rc that may be all that is wrong.

You will probably get more help from the Gentoo people, who will be a lot more familiar with the details of how they expect things to start. There are several ways of doing it.

I'll have a look there. But it seems to be something ugly with X.

I tried gdm in the mean time but it isn't better.

I have installed it 3 times and had never problemes:
Followed the Minimal Install, configured X.
And then just "emerge -aqv lxde-meta".
Choose LXDE in gdm (or afair add startlxde to .xinitrc (I havenot done this yet, I will test it for you)).