%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ 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 with , or another Display Manager, e.g. , , , , and User Notes: If LXQt is installed in /usr, jump directly to , otherwise run the commands in the next section. If LXQt is installed into /opt, some files have to be copied to /usr/share, so that the system can find them. Run the following commands, as the root user: ln -svfn $LXQT_PREFIX/share/lxqt /usr/share/lxqt && cp -v {$LXQT_PREFIX,/usr}/share/xsessions/lxqt.desktop && for i in $LXQT_PREFIX/share/applications/* do ln -svf $i /usr/share/applications/ done for i in $LXQT_PREFIX/share/desktop-directories/* do ln -svf $i /usr/share/desktop-directories/ done unset i ldconfig The desktop databases have to be created or updated at this point. Run the following commands as the root user: update-mime-database /usr/share/mime && xdg-icon-resource forceupdate --theme hicolor && 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" ck-launch-session dbus-launch --exit-with-session startlxqt EOF startx cat > ~/.xinitrc << "EOF" dbus-launch --exit-with-session startlxqt 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 You may wish to drop consolekit and/or dbus-launch, e.g., just using startlxqt in ~/.xinitrc. However some capabilities such as mounting or umounting file systems from a file manager will not be possible, or the reboot option will be absent or inoperative, among other problems. 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).