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  • Registered: 2008-11-27
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Topic: Menu applet problem

I installed the menu applet. When I tried to logout and a get a "Failed to execute child process "lxsession-logout" (No such file or directory)" error. The rest of the menus works fine. Where did look and how do I fix this?

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  • From: Lincoln, UK
  • Registered: 2008-11-20
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Re: Menu applet problem

Hi NWAdawg

lxsession is not installed by default, so I have been thinking about the most elegant way to overcome this. If I was facing this issue myself, I am not, but I can imagine, I would create a new symbolic link in my personal bin directory named "lxsession-logout" and have it pointed to the existing openbox-logout script/command.

A personal bin directory should have been created by default, if you have deleted it, you will need to recreate it and restart your session. Next, enter the following command to create the symbolic link:

ln -s /usr/bin/openbox-logout ~/bin/lxsession-logout

Any call to lxsession-logout should now invoke the default openbox-logout script/command.

Hope this helps smile

Note: If you do not want a personal bin directory, you could always create the link directly in the /usr/bin directory:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/openbox-logout /usr/bin/lxsession-logout
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Re: Menu applet problem

This is a great tip, thank you big_smile This should be a Howto in the tips and tricks section smile

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  • From: Arkansas US
  • Registered: 2008-11-27
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Re: Menu applet problem

Hope this helps

Note: If you do not want a personal bin directory, you could always create the link directly in the /usr/bin directory
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/openbox-logout /usr/bin/lxsession-logout

thanks corenominal

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  • From: SP, Brasil
  • Registered: 2008-12-01
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Re: Menu applet problem

I could be wrong - Im not on crunch right now -

But doesnt lxpanel comes with a menu to change the default file manager, terminal, and logout dialog??
Im pretty sure that I saw this on the preference panel.

  • From: Pontiac, MI
  • Registered: 2008-12-11
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Re: Menu applet problem

razienwolf is right, under the "Advanced" tab in lxpanel's preferences you just need to make sure that your "Logout Command" is set to /usr/bin/openbox-logout