starting lxde with xdm

[Umarzuki Mochlis]

i installed lxde with

aptitude install --without-recommends lxde

then i ran

update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

no startx, weird. Ran startlxde but nothing happened

then i installed xdm, make .xsession with exec xdm in it, rebooted but nothing happened

which step that i missed

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Umarzuki Mochlis
http://gameornot.net

[Nuno Magalhães]

> then i installed xdm, make .xsession with exec xdm in it, rebooted but
> nothing happened
>
> which step that i missed

Mine's .Xsession, works well.

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[Lorenzo Beretta]

Umarzuki Mochlis ha scritto:

> i installed lxde with
>
> aptitude install --without-recommends lxde
>
> then i ran
>
> update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
>
>
> no startx, weird. Ran startlxde but nothing happened
>
> then i installed xdm, make .xsession with exec xdm in it, rebooted but
> nothing happened
>
> which step that i missed
>

No offense, but you've misunderstood how it works:
1) xdm is started (by a script in /etc/init.d/, or whatever else)
2) you login at xdm
3) xdm reads your xsession/xinitrc and uses *that* to launch your
session manager (the xinit manpage has a working example based on twm,
but the idea is that it's just a shell script that launches lxde or
whatever else)
4) You got a working session :D
5) google for more examples if you're still unsatisfied