lxqt-session(1)

✨ lxqt-session — the LXQt Session Module ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for lxqt-session(1), and it's literally the session manager of LXQt: The Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lxqt-session — Session manager of LXQt: The Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

lxqt-session

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no flags, no args, just ✨launch it✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this module is the one that handles starting applications under LXQt. That's its whole job and it eats every time 💅

The LXQt modules are desktop-independent tools, and they operate as daemons for the local user on desktop specific operations. iykyk.

LXQt is an advanced, easy-to-use, and fast desktop environment based on the Qt framework. It has been tailored for users who value simplicity, speed, and an intuitive interface, with minimal resource requirements. It comprises several optional desktop components, and bestie, here they all are:

• Session module (this one!! normally invoked by startlxqt (X11)) or by the compositor)
• Wayland session
• Configuration center
• Application launcher
• Desktop
• Panel with optional plugins
• Polkit authorization agent
• SSH password access
• Global shortcuts
• Power management
• Localization
• User and system time administration
• Sudo/su module (privilege elevation)

These components perform similar actions to those available in other desktop environments, and their names are self-descriptive. They are usually launched automatically, when choosing a LXQt session in the Display Manager — except Global shortcuts, which is not launched under Wayland. noted 📝

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💜 BEHAVIOR 💜

This application manages the LXQt session desktop behavior, module loading, and related startup programs prior to loading the user workspace. The way that it's important... it's SO important.

By default this module loads the panel, desktop, globalshortcut, runner, notifications, policykit, and power management modules, thus it is important for a working LXQt session. like, if you skip this one, you don't have a session. no cap. 💀

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🌈 AUTOSTART 🌈

The modules are only shown by default in the LXQt desktop environment, but — plot twist — an autostart action can be created for other desktop environments too. so you can bring the LXQt energy elsewhere, we love to see it 🫶

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Report bugs to https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-session/issues

(they're nice, just tell them what broke 💖)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• startlxqt(1) — LXQt session initialization and launch script (e.g. in .xinitrc)
• lxqt-config-session(1) — LXQt default and autostart applications settings, plus environment settings
• lxqt-wayland-session(1) — LXQt Wayland session
• lxqt-config(1) — LXQt Configuration Center
• lxqt-leave(1) — Session logout, reboot, shutdown, suspend, hibernate and lock screen
• lxqt-openssh-askpass(1) — Password access over ssh cryptography toolkit
• lxqt-panel(1) — Desktop panel with optional plugins
• lxqt-policykit-agent(1) — Polkit authorization agent
• lxqt-globalshortcuts(1) — Global shortcuts // missing //
• lxqt-runner(1) — Application launcher
• lxqt-sudo(1) — sudo/su GUI

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pssst, heads up: lxqt-globalshortcuts(1) is marked // missing // in the original. not me inventing content, just keeping the receipts 🧚

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and that's the whole page bestie, slay 💅✨ this was LXQt 2.1.0, from January 2025 — session module out, main character energy only 🌸🎀🦋💜