The LXDE Common package provides a set of default configuration for LXDE.
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LXDE has no backlight control functionality for laptops. If you need backlight control, you should use an alternative desktop environment, or consider adjusting the backlight on your laptop manually using the instructions from Arch Linux Wiki - Backlight.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.0 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/lxde/lxde-common-0.99.2.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 14a9d19c4576dc15d985453ccb8ca9f6
Download size: 869 KB
Estimated disk space required: 2.7 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
lxde-icon-theme-0.5.1, LXPanel-0.10.1, LXSession-0.5.5, openbox-3.6.1 (runtime), and PCManFM-1.3.2
desktop-file-utils-0.26, hicolor-icon-theme-0.17, and shared-mime-info-2.2
A notification daemon such as notification-daemon-3.20.0 or xfce4-notifyd-0.8.2, and a display manager such as sddm-0.20.0 or lightdm-1.32.0
Install LXDE Common by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc && make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
If you have installed recommended dependencies, run the following
commands as the root user:
update-mime-database /usr/share/mime && gtk-update-icon-cache -qf /usr/share/icons/hicolor && update-desktop-database -q
You can start LXDE from runlevel 3, using xinit-1.4.2, or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager, such as sddm-0.20.0 or lightdm-1.32.0.
To start LXDE using xinit-1.4.2, run the following commands:
cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
# No need to run dbus-launch, since it is run by startlxde
startlxde
EOF
startx
The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt7. You can switch to another vtn simultaneously pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-Fn (n=1, 2, ...). To switch back to the X session, normally started at vt7, use Ctrl-Alt-F7. The vt where the command startx was executed will display many messages, including X starting messages, applications automatically started with the session, and eventually, some warning and error messages. You may prefer to redirect those messages to a log file, which not only will keep the initial vt uncluttered, but can also be used for debug purposes. This can be done starting X with:
startx &> ~/.x-session-errors
When shutting down or rebooting, the shutdown messages appear on the vt where X was running. If you wish to see those messages, simultaneously press keys Alt-F7 (assuming that X was running on vt7).