%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ LXQt Desktop Final Instructions LXQt-post-install Post-Install Instructions Final steps, before starting LXQt. Dependencies to Start LXQt Required (runtime) - this may be replaced by another WM, see the Configuring instructions in . Recommended alone or with (this has been reported as the recommended LXQt display manager) or another Display Manager, e.g. , and User Notes: Final configuration If installed in /usr, you do not need final configuration. Jump to Starting LXQt, below. If installed in /opt, in order for the system to find some files, 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 Starting LXQt You can start LXQt from runlevel 3, using , or from runlevel 5, using a Display Manager, such as . The lxqt.desktop file needs to be fixed, or will not be listed in and : You can start LXQt from a TTY, using . sed -e '/TryExec/d' \ -i /usr/share/xsessions/lxqt.desktop 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).