On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 09:29:49AM +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote > I am installing a new system and would like to go udev/systemd less. > > I have dumped gnome3 for lxde and find it a lot more usable and stable > but I would like to know if anyone has gone down the mdev and lxde path?
I use ICEWM (see my sig), but testing for lxde on my system is relatively simple. Note all the ebuild subdirectories in /usr/portage/lxde-base To build all of these, I have to unmask dbus, and add the "lxde" flag for x11-misc/obconf. I.e... USE="lxde policykit" emerge -pv lxappearance lxde-common lxde-icon-theme lxde-meta lxdm lxinput lxlauncher lxmenu-data lxpanel lxpolkit lxrandr lxsession lxsession-edit lxshortcut lxtask lxterminal menu-cache ...shows (on my machine)... Total: 39 packages (39 new), Size of downloads: 19,718 kB If you don't mind dbus, you should be OK without udev. dbus is required by lxpolkit and lxdm. I don't know if lxde will function without lxpolkit and lxdm, but they didn't get pulled in, when I ran... USE="lxde" emerge -pv lxappearance lxde-common lxde-icon-theme lxde-meta lxinput lxlauncher lxmenu-data lxpanel lxrandr lxsession lxsession-edit lxshortcut lxtask lxterminal menu-cache ...shows (on my machine)... Total: 33 packages (33 new), Size of downloads: 15,149 kB Check on an lxde forum if you want further info on whether lxpolkit and lxdm are really required for lxde. BTW, Google's Chrome/Chromium "browser" wants udev and dbus. dbus is an absolute must. I think you can get away with putting udev in package.provided. Apparently, it's only needed for gamepad support. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
