On sam., 2012-01-14 at 23:50 -0600, J J Nora wrote: > Package: xfce4 > Version: 4.8.0.3 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > I am running Debian wheezy/sid. Xfce4 had been working flawlessly until I > updated my system with a new kernel requiring a system reboot. After > rebooting, application windows would only open on top of my upper panel > (blocking the menu and portions of the panel). The window cannot be moved or > dragged even with the alt-key left click option). There are no minimize or > close window buttons (but I can close applications using keyboard > shortcuts such as Control-Q) and sometimes from the application's File menu. > When I try to use alt-F2 to launch an application, I can't type anything. I > have four virtual desktops configured., but the desktop switcher only shows > one. > > I will attach two screen shots to this bug report. The first (Desktop 1.png) > shows my xfce desktop with no open windows. It is configured to look similar > to a GNOME 2 desktop. The first (Desktop 1.png) shows the appearance of the > desktop when I first log in. It appears mostly normal except that on the > lower > right panel, the desktop switcher shows only one desktop is available even > though it's configured for four. The second screen shot (Desktop 2.png) shows > what happens when I open a text editor. The program opens and covers the > upper > left panel. The window cannot be moved or adjusted in any way. There are not > close or minimize buttons. > > * What led up to the situation? > > I upgraded my system on 12 January 2012. After the upgrade, the problems > occurred. > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > > I tried adjusting display settings. I rebooted using the current kernel. I > rebooted using the previous kernel version. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > Nothing fixed the problem. > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > I hoped to have my xfce desktop working as it was before my recent update. > >
You have a missing window manager, which somehow felt outside of the session. If you manage to find (in .xsession-errors or syslog or whatever) the reason why, it might help, but in the meantime you just have to run xfwm4 --daemon and remember to save the session. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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