Progress in some respects......
Got lxdm working....instead of opening LXDE with startx.......
Got the login screen......was able to select which user and login with password OK.....
Now, when it opened up to desktop I have the bottom panel with the little applets (start menu button, file manager icon, desktops, network, RAM usage visual (all green....), time, monitor?, in it showing......
So that's the good news....
Bad news is that since I don't have terminal open, I can't really do anything as I can't quite get cursor on top of the start menu button in panel at lower left of display...
Took some pics....when I get time, I'll post them here.
Not sure what's going on with LXDE as I the wiki page nor the forum page seems to be working.....so, have found it hard to find info regarding setting up configuration using console and working directly with files. Most LXDE related pages I've found assume you have it running such that you can open up the preferences window and make your selections that way....
Will keep trying......but if anyone has any tips or suggestions, that would be great...