• omns
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Topic: Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

OK, first things first, this howto is just a reproduction of the problem and solution presented in this thread by corenominal. I thought it would make a nice howto for this tips and tricks forum

If you have the menu applet installed and are using it with lxpanel you will notice that the logout entry doesn't work properly, generating a "Failed to execute child process "lxsession-logout" (No such file or directory)" error.

lxsession is not installed by default so to solve this problem you ned to create a new symbolic link in my your 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, run 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.

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: Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

Thanks for recreating this topic. This issue could probably do with being fixed by default smile

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Re: Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

I solved this issue simply by replacing lxsession-logout by openbox-logout in the panel file located in ~/.config/lxpanel/default/panels/panel:

Plugin {
    type = menu
    Config {
        image=/usr/share/lxpanel/images/my-computer.png
        system {
        }
        separator {
        }
        item {
            command=run
        }
        separator {
        }
        item {
            name=Logout
            image=gnome-logout
            action=/usr/bin/openbox-logout
        }
    }
}

It's the same idea as the symbolic link, except that the change is more direct. Again, there is more than one way to skin a cat. wink

Please note though that it is not recommended to change the content of this file:

# lxpanel <profile> config file. Manually editing is not recommended.
# Use preference dialog in lxpanel to adjust config when you can.

.

I still do it anyway. wink

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Re: Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

ghoti wrote:

I solved this issue simply by replacing lxsession-logout by openbox-logout in the panel file located in ~/.config/lxpanel/default/panels/panel:

Plugin {
    type = menu
    Config {
        image=/usr/share/lxpanel/images/my-computer.png
        system {
        }
        separator {
        }
        item {
            command=run
        }
        separator {
        }
        item {
            name=Logout
            image=gnome-logout
            action=/usr/bin/openbox-logout
        }
    }
}

It's the same idea as the symbolic link, except that the change is more direct. Again, there is more than one way to skin a cat. wink

Please note though that it is not recommended to change the content of this file:

# lxpanel <profile> config file. Manually editing is not recommended.
# Use preference dialog in lxpanel to adjust config when you can.

.

I still do it anyway. wink

Ghoti cool

I'm digging the direct fix, thanks ghoti

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Re: Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

ghoti wrote:

Please note though that it is not recommended to change the content of this file:

# lxpanel <profile> config file. Manually editing is not recommended.
# Use preference dialog in lxpanel to adjust config when you can.

.

I still do it anyway. wink

Ghoti cool

The GUI control for the panel sucks.  It does not allow you to modify icons or add 'special' things.
As such I find editing the panel manually with a text editor (after using the GUI to add the appropriate items to be modified) a must in many cases.

However after editing the file run the command

lxpanelctl restart

What ever you do, DO NOT mix the GUI and text edit of configs at the same time.



Does anyone know where you can get 'syntax' or 'format' information for the configuration files?

Last edited by anthony (2012-01-03 00:34:54)

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Re: Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

anthony wrote:

The GUI control for the panel sucks.  It does not allow you to modify icons or add 'special' things.

Do you have lxshortcut installed ??
If not - do so, and then rightclick on a menu item...

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Re: Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

Kuno wrote:
anthony wrote:

The GUI control for the panel sucks.  It does not allow you to modify icons or add 'special' things.

Do you have lxshortcut installed ??
If not - do so, and then rightclick on a menu item...

No I didn't but it looks like just what I needed.

I have now installed it and restarted the panel, but I can see any difference!

No extra GUI options, buttons, menus are visible, and running lxshortcut direct just exits without anything visible changling!  Man pages just re-iterate basic info and does not say exactly what it does.

Never mind I found it... It only appears in the 'Menu' Entries as 'Properities'.
And how to use only appears in its "--help" option output.

It can not be currently directly used with LaunchBar items, which is where I need it!
Command line use is good for creating personal desktop items, but dore not provide access to other desktop options (whcih could have been added to 'advanced'.

Thanks for this info. It pointed me toward a lot of extra information I did not have before.

Last edited by anthony (2012-01-04 02:35:07)

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