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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 01:11:12
Message-Id: 861suf9nc5.fsf@reader.local.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: lxde no Desktop Preferences can be set by Neil Bothwick
1 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> writes:
2
3 >> Also ran into a wall trying to use the regular tools like qlist to
4 >> determine what is in there. I found the list after search a while on
5 >> google but I'm curious why `qlist' doesn't list off
6 >> what is in there, like it does in all other cases.
7 >
8 > Meta packages don't install files, they just have a list of dependencies.
9 > Your previous post implied you hadn't installed lxde-meta, just the lxde
10 > packages it depends on, which may exclude other requirements.
11 >
12 > A simple "emerge -a lxde-meta" should ensure that all deps are installed
13
14 OK thanks. But then that leaves the issue that brought this up
15 without a resolution:
16
17 From OP
18 >> LXDE on the menu item Preferences ===> Desktop Preferences
19 >> Nothing can be set there and it does not even show a dialog
20 >> box... just an error messages that says:
21
22 >> Desktop manager is not active
23
24 Any other ideas what might be going on there?