Menus in LXDE, only root user has them

So I go through "Beginner's Guide" and get to the part about "Choose and install a graphical interface".
I want LXDE so I try to follow directions in wiki article for "LXDE",
installing group lxde and other items as they are suggested.
Now
as root user I can start LXDE by issuing from command line
xinit /usr/bin/startlxde
and I get LXDE running OK with menus populated with the few applications I have so far.
Problem:
As a non-root user, I start LXDE by issuing from command line
xinit /usr/bin/startlxde
but the only menu items I get are "Run" (which does nothing) and "Log Out" with does offer me a log-out window.
I suspect a file exists somewhere that root user can find and use
but
non-root user either cannot find it or doesn't have sufficient permissions.
Ideas? Advice?
Thanks.
Last edited by llsyblanket (2012-09-09 03:11:24)

We need more information. How much of the wiki did you do? Did you do this part?
After the installation finishes, copy three files to ~/.config/openbox as instructed by pacman:
Place menu.xml, rc.xml and autostart in ~/.config/openbox
They can be found in /etc/xdg/openbox
As the user of interest
mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox
cp /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart ~/.config/openbox
Did you do this part?
If not using a display manager you would like to add
export DESKTOP_SESSION=LXDE
to your ~/.bash_profile in order xdg-open to function properly.
Do you have a .xinitrc file in your user/home directory?
To start LXDE from the command line without a ~/.xinitrc:
$ xinit /usr/bin/startlxde
If ~/.xinitrc already exists this will not work.
Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-09-09 03:12:14)

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