Fix lock screen shortcut key bind in Lubuntu 13.10

After upgrade to Lubuntu 13.10. The Ctrl-Alt-L key combo defined in ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml bind to xsreensaver-command -lock is no longer working because xsreensaver is not installed. Instead, we should replace it with lxlock. Edit ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml:

    <!-- Lock the screen on Ctrl + Alt + l-->
    <keybind key="C-A-l">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>lxlock</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>

Lubuntu (LXDE) Linux: Skype window off screen, how to move it back?

Hold Alt and mouse left click on any part of the window then hold the mouse and move.

Install lxde on Ubuntu Linux

• To install vanilla LXDE:
  

  sudo apt-get install lxde

• To install Lubuntu customized LXDE:
  

  sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop

ibus tray icon missing on LUBUNTU linux 13.04

Install the following packages libappindicator1 and python-appindicator:

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1 python-appindicator python-gconf python-glade2 python-pexpect

will fix the problem.

See also

• IBUS does not open when selected from menu or applications from within filemanager (PCmanfm)

Enable/Disable LXDE right-click menu

Run command:

pcmanfm --desktop-pref

then activate Advanced tab, tick/untick Show menus provided by window managers when desktop is clicked

See also

• Get LXDE right click menu back

Openbox/LXDE: default key combinations (shortcut keys)

Openbox default key combinations

•     Alt-F4 Close the active window
•     Alt-Space Show the client menu for the active window
•     Alt-Tab Cycle between windows on the desktop
•     Alt-Shift-Tab Cycle between windows on the desktop in reverse order
•     Control-Alt-Tab Cycle between panel and desktop windows on the desktop
•     Windows-D Hide all windows to show the desktop
•     Windows-E Run the Konqueror file manager (This is an example of how to run a program with a key binding)
•     Alt-Escape Lower the active window behind other windows, and activate the last window that was in use
•     Windows-F1 Go to the first desktop instantly
•     Windows-F2 Go to the second desktop instantly
•     Windows-F3 Go to the third desktop instantly
•     Windows-F4 Go to the fourth desktop instantly
•     Control-Alt-Left Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop to the left of the current one
•     Control-Alt-Right Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop to the right of the current one
•     Control-Alt-Up Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop above the current one (This will only be useful if you use a pager to set up a desktop layout with multiple rows)
•     Control-Alt-Down Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop below the current one (This will only be useful if you use a pager to set up a desktop layout with multiple rows)
•     Shift-Alt-Left Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop to the left of the current one, and bring the active window with you
•     Shift-Alt-Right Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop to the right of the current one, and bring the active window with you
•     Shift-Alt-Up Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop above the current one, and bring the active window with you (This will only be useful if you use a pager to set up a desktop layout with multiple rows)
•     Shift-Alt-Down Open the desktop switching dialog, to go to the desktop below the current one, and bring the active window with you (This will only be useful if you use a pager to set up a desktop layout with multiple rows)
•     Alt-Left mouse button Move a window
•     Alt-Right mouse button Resize a window. The window is resized towards the edge that the mouse is nearest to. So use Alt-Right mouse button in the top right corner of a window to resize that corner.
•     Alt-Scroll wheel Change desktops forward and backward

Install screen capture tool on Debian 7 Wheezy with LXDE desktop

• Install scrot:

  sudo apt-get install scrot giblib

• Bind PrtScn key with the scrot command by adding following into ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml:

    <!-- Screen Capture -->
    <keybind key="Print">
        <action name="Execute">
            <command>sh -c "scrot -u -d 3 ~/Desktop/screenshot-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png"</command>
        </action>
    </keybind>
  

• Reload lxde configuration:

  openbox --reconfigure

• You can then try hit PrtScn key to capture the current active window.

See also

• ArchLinux: Taking a screenshot
• LXDE: how to take screenshots