Nothing is shared. Their icons problem may be due to XDG_DATA_DIRS not being set. It is supposed to be set by the startlxqt script, which is defined to run by the xsession file. Also, make sure each component is up to date.
On Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 14:51 Spike <sp...@drba.org> wrote: > fair enough. I will try to do the manual build/make install to see if that > was the issue. The stuff that looked broken seemed to be so due to > themes/icons. I imagined that because that user already ran lxde some of > the config files/settings maybe were shared. I'll try to make a fresh user > as well for testing before rebuilding stuff. > > thanks, > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Paulo Lieuthier <paulolieuth...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Sounds like something wasn't properly installed, as nothing should be >> looking broken or unusable. See the screenshots in lxqt.org. >> >> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 13:41 Spike <sp...@drba.org> wrote: >> >>> I managed to start LXQT and I'm super excited about what I've seen even >>> tho it looked pretty broken/unusable, but I caught a few changes from lxde >>> in terms of menu and managing removable devices that have been a big >>> problem for the older/windows user I'm trying to help. >>> >>> I will try to rebuild later and save the log file (I don't see a log >>> file being generated so guess I'll have to save stdout). >>> >>> thank for all the help and the great work, it's very much appreciated. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:14 AM, Paulo Lieuthier < >>> paulolieuth...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Yeah, LXQT_PREFIX does that, sorry. lxqt-common files are supposed to >>>> be installed just like with any other LXQt component. Can you send us the >>>> whole output of the build script? Anyway, did you get to start LXQt through >>>> the display manager? >>>> >>>> Paulo >>>> >>>> >>>> On 09/07/2016 10:41 AM, Spike wrote: >>>> >>>> thanks Paulo, still not quite getting it. First off, I'm on lubuntu >>>> 16.04, maybe that makes a diff. Second, I've used the ./build_all.sh >>>> script, which seems to run make install (I have binaries in /usr/bin, not >>>> /usr/local/ , the command in the wiki says LXQT_PREFIX=/usr , maybe that >>>> made a diff). I cannot find however any xsession installed anywhere. >>>> >>>> Having cd'ed into lxqt-common/build and ran sudo make install that did >>>> copy over a bunch of things including the xsession file. >>>> >>>> Does this mean that the build_all.sh script somehow installed half >>>> stuff or something? I clearly have lxqt binaries in /usr/bin and those >>>> didn't get there by magic, but then I'm wondering why the stuff from >>>> lxqt-common did not. >>>> >>>> any thoughts? >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Spike >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Paulo Lieuthier < >>>> paulolieuth...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Spike, >>>>> >>>>> As far as I know, to test LXQt one only has to `make install` >>>>> lxqt-common and restart his display manager. lxqt-panel has the X11 >>>>> session >>>>> file and the session startup script. As by default make installs in >>>>> /usr/local, you may need to `export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH`. >>>>> >>>>> Another thing I wasn't aware and just tested it to be sure is that the >>>>> session file may be installed to /usr/local/xsessions, and you will need >>>>> to >>>>> move it to (or create a symlink from) /usr/share/xsessions to be able to >>>>> choose it. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Paulo Lieuthier >>>>> >>>>> On 09/06/2016 09:20 PM, Spike wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to test the upcoming lxqt by building from sources and >>>>> running into a number of troubles. >>>>> >>>>> For reference, I'm following this guide: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/lxde/lxqt/wiki/Building-From-Source >>>>> >>>>> First off, build would fail with a number of errors which I tracked >>>>> down to missing dependencies. I'm on Lubuntu 16.04 and I had installed all >>>>> packages specified here: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/lxde/lxqt/wiki/Building-From-Source#ubuntu >>>>> >>>>> however I had to install these in addition for the build process to >>>>> work: >>>>> >>>>> - libxss-dev >>>>> - libudev-dev >>>>> - libmuparser-dev >>>>> - libfm-dev >>>>> - libfm-qt-dev >>>>> >>>>> once the build finished I was left wondering, how do I test this? >>>>> There's no "WM chooser/option" in lightdm that I can see, maybe because >>>>> the >>>>> build process did not install the needed config files. As I was trying to >>>>> figure out that I noticed that lxqt-lightdm-greeter is deprecated. Does >>>>> that mean that lxqt will be using the current lightdm? >>>>> >>>>> In any case, can anyone give me pointers on what to do next to get the >>>>> whole lxqt setup like under lxde (ie session, panel, pcmanfm, etc). >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Spike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Lxde-list mailing >>>>> listLxde-list@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list >>>>> >>>>> >>> >
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