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HI All,

This might be a stupid question - getting used to that in an area where I feel I can keep learing more until I "check out" in x amount of years...

Anyway - I just installed LM12 LXDE in my netbook after having played with LMDE with LXDE on top for a couple of months. (I keep on hoping for an iso with the combination LMDE - LXDE)
Now, after tinkering with it for a couple of days - installing all the apps I want, setting up Cairo Dock instead of the LX Panel and so on I thought I'd see what I could do with this guide:
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/374

But - even though I seem to have the right components installed, Openbox do not come up as one of the options on the login screen.
So... What is this noob missing?

Thanks in advance,
/gosa

Running "sudo apt-get remove openbox" and "sudo apt-get install openbox" should solve the problem but perhaps there is better solution I don't know.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Openbox the the default with LM 12 LXDE?

Yes, Openbox is the default WM for LXDE and it's the one used in Mint 12 LXDE but doesn't have a entry in the login screen.

nunol wrote:Yes, Openbox is the default WM for LXDE and it's the one used in Mint 12 LXDE but doesn't have a entry in the login screen.

Exactly, and I wanted the option to boot into something without all the "extra" lxde-stuff added... not for permanent use but for "practice" and learning.
I'll see if I try out your suggestion to remove and reinstall openbox later... right now I'm between internet companies on my landline leaving me with an android phone acting as internet connection/router so I have to wait a few days before I do anything. (One would think that changing from one provider to another would happen instantly, but that's not always the case in Spain.. )

Anyway - thanks for the advice!

gosa wrote:... I wanted the option to boot into something without all the "extra" lxde-stuff added... not for permanent use but for "practice" and learning.

I did a tuning howto for Mint 12 LXDE, should help a little with learning, take a look at the pdf file: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=96465