[ale] had a terrible time installing lubuntu-desktop

[Ron Frazier]

For what it's worth, based on informal, and very brief, testing, I think 
LXDE was only saving me 80 MB of ram or so above and beyond GNOME, with 
just the desktop running.  The machine has 4GB, so that doesn't motivate 
me too much.  Menu and window operations were somewhat quicker, but not 
very much running the same apps.  I'll probably continue to stick with 
GNOME for a while.  Based on what I've read and heard on podcasts it 
doesn't sound like the new Unity interface on the new Ubuntu is a great 
change, but I could be wrong.

Sincerely,

Ron

On 02/25/2011 08:56 AM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> Thanks for the well wishes.
>
> Ron
>
> On 02/25/2011 08:36 AM, Richard Faulkner wrote:
>> That´s why we do all of this type of work in VMs my friend or on a 
>> test box!  : )
>>
>> Experimenting on a live subject is a very dicey 
>> proposition........glad you got it back (more or less)........cheers!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From*: Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com 
>> <mailto:Ron%20Frazier%20%3catllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com%3e>>
>> *Reply-to*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>> *To*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org 
>> <mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale at ale.org%3e>>
>> *Subject*: [ale] had a terrible time installing lubuntu-desktop
>> *Date*: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:39:13 -0500
>>
>> 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
>>
>>    
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