Can't change window manager for lxsession

Asked Oct 09 '16 at 22:25

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I am running Lubuntu 16.04. This ships with openbox but I want to use ratposion.

The config file in ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/desktop.conf specifies the window manager like so:

[Session]
windows_manager/command=openbox

This works perfectly. However, I wanted to replace openbox with x-window-manager so that I could use update-alternatives. When I do this, the window manager fails to start with the following error message: x-window-manager exit with this type of exit: 256. The same thing happens if I use the command ratpoison instead.

Why does only openbox work?

How can I get lxsession to start ratpoison? (preferably without adding it to the autostart file as that feels like a nasty [hack/workaround])

asked Oct 09 '16 at 22:25

Lex - Boycott Slack - see bio

Just to clarify, the error message I mentioned appears in the lxsession log file. – Lex - Boycott Slack - see bio Oct 09 '16 at 22:55
@DKBose good question, I tried it and got the same error. I also tried specifying an absolute path, that doesn't work either. – Lex - Boycott Slack - see bio Oct 10 '16 at 08:41
@DKBose I think that loads from the config file I was editing anyway. When I opened it the window manager was already set to x-window-manager. Changing the value just changes that config file. It still produces the error. – Lex - Boycott Slack - see bio Oct 10 '16 at 11:15
@DKBose I tried that, same error – Lex - Boycott Slack - see bio Oct 10 '16 at 13:23

Can't change window manager for lxsession

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