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LXDE in FreeBSD

December 23 2016
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freebsd,  lxde,  desktop 

Please find below the steps to get LXDE on a FreeBSD,

  1. Install the packages pkg install xorg lxde-meta
  2. Edit /etc/rc.conf for the following
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"

If you wish to start using startx, perform the following steps,

  1. Edit ~/.xinitrc
/usr/local/bin/lxsession
  1. chmod +x ~/.xinitrc

If you need VNC support, perform the following steps,

  1. pkg install tigervnc
  2. Add lxsession & in ~/.vnc/xstartup
  3. Run vncserver ; provide password, when prompted
  4. Run vncserver -list and or tail the log in ~/.vnc/ directory, to confirm the display