[ale] had a terrible time installing lubuntu-desktop

[Wolf Halton]

Ron,

Makes sense.
I am a big fan of running test boxes (or VMs if you must) for testing 
stuff out.
When you know how it works, then put it on your important (production) box.

Wolf

On 02/24/2011 11:39 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> Based on recommendations to try different desktops on the LinuxBasix
> podcast, I decided to try LXDE.  I was under the impression that it and
> GNOME could run side by side and that you could select the one you want
> at boot.  I installed lubuntu-desktop from the Ubuntu Repositories.
> Then, things went down hill.  At one point in the install, it asked
> which should be the default window manager.  I chose lxdm, I think.
> After rebooting a couple of times, something was driving the CPU to 85%
> all the time.  It turns out to be lxdm-binary.  Apparently the GNOME
> program and the LXDE program were conflicting.  This was occurring
> whether I boot into GNOME or LXDE.  I used System Monitor to kill the
> process and decided to figure it out later.
>
> In order to customize the desktop, I deleted the default panels and put
> back some new blank ones, and then couldn't find a way to get the shut
> down button back, nor the trash can.  They are not in the add to panel
> menu.  Frequency scaling was inop, and I had no way (that was obvious)
> to get to my wireless setup and log into my router.  I booted back into
> GNOME, and decided to use Synaptic to completely remove lubuntu-desktop,
> which I did, then rebooted.  The lxdm-binary program is still there, and
> still conflicting with GNOME.  I used System Monitor to kill the
> process.  I then used GKSU to start Nautilus and search for anything
> with LXDM in the name.  I delete them all and reboot.  Now, it APPEARS
> that GNOME is back to normal.  At least the CPU is idling around 0% when
> I'm not doing anything, like it should be.  I have no idea if everything
> is working as it should behind the scenes, or if extra stuff is running.
>
> I learned one thing though.  I will NEVER try that again unless it's in
> a VM.  If I choose to install something like another desktop, I'll make
> sure I have an up to the minute backup.  If you guys think there's
> anything in particular that I need to check in the system configuration,
> please let me know.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>