Solved Right hand window controls missing

[balanga]

When I start up LXDE using startx it comes up eventually after sever minutes but the right controls, ie min, max etc are missing and the system is very unresposive.

I have made no changes to the system that I am aware of.

Incidentally Flighradar24 does not display the error shown in my other post, That was on a ThinkPad X1 Carbon. On my ThinkPad W520 it does come up

 

[balanga]

Incidentally Alt-tab will no longer switch between X and terminal. It is probably part and parcel of the same underlying problem.

 

[T-Aoki]

Theme engine (or dedicated decorator for window borders, or theme data?) is somehow broken?
I'm not using LXDE, but doesn't it have configurator for theme and/or decorations?

 

[balanga]

Theme engine (or dedicated decorator for window borders, or theme data?) is somehow broken?
I'm not using LXDE, but doesn't it have configurator for theme and/or decorations?

LXDE is based on Openbox and it looks like something has broken but I don't delve into the underlying configuration. I have always just installed it and it works, although I remember similar problems previously which seemed to disappear over time.

According to Grok:-

The minimize/maximize buttons on window title bars are controlled by Openbox (LXDE’s default window manager on FreeBSD). They are often missing because of the titleLayout setting in the Openbox config, a missing/empty/corrupt config file, or (less commonly) a theme issue or the window manager not running correctly.

Quick fix​

1. Edit (or create) the LXDE-specific Openbox config:
   
   Bash
   
   mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox
   # If the file is missing or empty, copy the system default first:
   cp /usr/local/etc/xdg/openbox/LXDE/rc.xml ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml
   # (path may vary slightly; also check /usr/local/etc/xdg/openbox/ or similar)
   
   
   
   

 

[balanga]

LXDE is based on Openbox and it looks like something has broken but I don't delve into the underlying configuration. I have always just installed it and it works, although I remember similar problems previously which seemed to disappear over time.

When re-installing LXDE-META I noticed that BASH was installed, so the problem may well have started when I deleted BASH.

Now after a reinstall of LXDE-META and reboot my system appears to be fixed.