On Friday 17 Mar 2017 20:30:46 Dale wrote: > Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday 17 Mar 2017 15:57:14 I wrote: > >> So it looks as though something hasn't been installed right. I'm > >> running > >> an emerge -e world at the moment to see if I can pick something up from > >> it. > > > > Hasn't made the slightest difference, so I've decided to show LXDE the > > door: it clearly isn't ready for use by mere mortals such as I'm fast > > decaying into ;0 > > > > A pity, because I wanted a lightweight desktop via which to manage a web > > development server, one with as few opportunities for being hacked as > > practicable. > > > > Maybe XFCE will do better. Or maybe the panel can offer other > > suggestions... > I use Fluxbox as a backup desktop. It's very, extremely, fast last I > ran it. It's tiny last I checked too. I'm not sure how it compares to > XFCE tho. It may be smaller. > > Just thought I would throw out one more idea, in case you end up needing > it.
Thanks Dale. In fact I've decided to give LXDE a reprieve, this time setting a desktop profile first, as instructed. You see what I mean about decay. -- Regards Peter
