%general-entities; ]> LXQt-post-install Final steps, before starting LXQt. Dependencies to Start LXQt Required , or another window manager, such as , or kwin from . Note that is not suitable for LXQt. Recommended and Optional or another Display Manager, e.g. , and The desktop databases have to be created or updated at this point. Run the following commands as the &root; user: ldconfig && update-mime-database /usr/share/mime && xdg-icon-resource forceupdate && update-desktop-database -q You can start LXQt from runlevel 3, using , or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager, such as . You can start LXQt from a TTY, using , or by using a graphical display manager such as . To start LXQt using , run the following commands: cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF" exec startlxqt EOF startx The X session starts on the first unused virtual terminal, normally vt1. You can switch to another vtn simultaneously pressing the keys Ctrl-Alt-Fn (n=2, 3, ...). To switch back to the X session, normally started at vt1, use Ctrl-Alt-F1. 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, but are hidden by the graphical interface. You may prefer to redirect those messages to a log file, which can be used for debug purposes. This can be done starting X with: startx &> ~/.x-session-errors When LXQt first starts, it will ask you for the window manager to use. To start, the BLFS editors recomment using openbox. At this point both the background and the panel will be black. Right clicking on the backgound will bring up a menu and selecting "Desktop Preferences" will allow you to change the background color or set a background image. The panel will be at the bottom of the screen. Right clicking on the panel will bring up a menu that will allow you to customize the panel including adding widgets and setting the background color. The user configuration files will be created in the directory $HOME/.config/lxqt/. To get widget icons to display properly, the lxqt.conf file may need to be manually edited to include the line "icon_theme=oxygen".