How to start xfce/lxde ?

[Onira]

Hello

How can I start XFCE4 or LXDE from text mode?

[bonelifer]

type: startx

[billb]

Or startxfce4 for xfce4 (if you've installed it already).

[Onira]

$ startxfce4
$ startx

worked
but when I logged out it showed errors.
Where can I find them to copy/paste here?

[Onira]

Here are logs:

$ startx http://nopaste.info/832a25635a.html
$ startxfce4 http://nopaste.info/9a39567a9d.html

[bredman]

Your logs do not show any errors. This is normal operation.

An error would start with EE, as explained in the logfile

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

[Onira]

but what about xscreensaver ?

[bredman]

xscreensaver is being killed (SIGHUP) because somebody has logged out of the desktop environment.

This is the normal method to shut down a service.

The screensaver is no longer needed when the graphical system is not needed any more.

[Onira]

so if you say that everything is fine then good

[Onira]

but... how to start openbox?

[rymate1234]

Openbox is the default window manager of lxde. If you wish to use openbox on its own, you would need to create a custom .Xinitrc. This file tells startx what to launch when it is executed.

Alternatively, you could install a graphical logn manager such as gdm, although I'm not sure how the pi would handle it.

[Onira]

well if I configure raspi to boot directly to Deskrop
I can log out and log in again
and in the login window i have options: LXDE, XFCE or Openbox
and LXDE is different than Openbox
so I thought I could start Openbox directly from terminal just as I start LXDE and XCFE

[billb]

Like this?

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openbox-session

[JeremyF]

Like this?

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openbox-session

The most correct way I've found to start Openbox on RPi in my experience is

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xinit /usr/bin/openbox-session

[billb]

Perfect -- thanks.

[Onira]

okay, it worked

but if there is no thing defined in the xinitrc
how to start LXDE instead of

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$ startx

?