[SOLVED] Bunsen over jessie LXDE Live

hhh · 2016-02-04 06:59:51

The rc2 ISOs we're testing right now weigh in at almost exactly the desktop RAM usage as the LXDE non-free Live ISOs (way less USB/DVD image size and installed disk space usage, though). So I thought I'd install the Bunsen packages over LXDE. I can't figure out how to have LightDM recognize the BL session.

I'm sure I'm being obtuse, but I need help.

xaos52 · 2016-02-04 07:36:36

It is done via x-session-manager.
To change the session manager use

sudo update-alternatives --list x-session-manager

to list alternatives.
Set it to /usr/bin/openbox-session for bl.

hhh · 2016-02-04 07:44:39

^obvious, I knew I was being stoopid. Thanks Doc, I'll mark this case as sol-ved as soon as I test it. Minkey 8o

xaos52 · 2016-02-04 07:47:39

Well no, not obvious at all. I always have to think it over a bit before making the connection

johnraff · 2016-02-04 08:29:19

Some day maybe we should have a startup script for BL along the lines of startxfce4 for example, or whatever LXDE uses, (but probably much simpler) along with a .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions and a member of debian alternatives.

hhh · 2016-02-17 01:23:12

^I like that idea.

Anyway, Dr. Xaos was right. I just had to run...

sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

...and choose the number for /usr/bin/openbox-session.

Then I had to install gmrun, tint2, compton and nitrogen to get a "BL" desktop. This still left a crap-ton of packages not installed, a sluggish touchpad, and I couldn't access my other partitions in pcmanfm. I fixed that by replacing the polkit-gnome line in ~/.config/openbox/autostart with...

/usr/bin/lxpolkit &

That was as far a I went with it, I'm now testing our rc2 ISO and it's superior to the LXDE one in every way.

Marking the thread [SOLVED].

johnraff · 2016-02-17 01:50:25

^I haven't used LXDE for a while, and respect it for what it's doing, but still think BL is better in many ways - at least for a certain set of users - even if it's using the same amount of RAM.

hhh · 2016-02-17 01:55:12

BL rc2 uses slightly less RAM, almost half the disk space, is faster to download and install, is easier to install, has better default touchpad settings, is a lot more pleasing visually OOTB and, IMO, is a more integrated and complete desktop experience. BL kicks jessie Live's butt.

BTW, it's only been a year and week since the announcement of the end of CrunchBang. What a year!

#1 2016-02-04 06:59:51

[SOLVED] Bunsen over jessie LXDE Live

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