Simon Huggins wrote:
tags 422455 unreproducible moreinfo
thanks
On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 06:01:43AM +0200, Gaetano Guerriero wrote:
When I start xfce4, xfwm4 doesn't start with it, and I am left with no
window manager ( no window borders, unmovable windows ). If I
manually start xfwm4 in a terminal within xfce4, the problem is
corrected.
xfwm4 has always started for me.
Was this the first time that you had installed xfce4 that xfwm4 didn't
start?
If not did you upgrade from a previous version of xfce4/xfwm4? Which?
How did you start it? (gdm, kdm, xdm or something like startx etc)
Can you give me the results of:
ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
If you have a .config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc please send it to
this bug report likewise please send your
/etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc
Is it possible that somehow you managed to save the session without the
window manager running?
Is there anything strange about your system that you should tell us?
Simon.
I'll try to give more info. I'm not a xfce4 user and I just wanted to
give it a try.
I did 'aptitude install xfce4' and the following packets were
installed:
dbus-1-utils desktop-base desktop-file-utils gtk2-engines-xfce
libexo-0.3-0 libtagc0 libthunar-vfs-1-2 libxfce4mcs-client3
libxfce4mcs-manager3 libxfce4util4 libxfcegui4-4 mousepad orage thunar
xfce4-icon-theme xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-mixer
xfce4-mixer-alsa xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-terminal xfce4-utils
xfdesktop4 xfmedia xfprint4 xfwm4 xfwm4-themes xfce4.
xfce4 doesn't start his window manager. I tried to launch it with gdm,
from console with startxfce4, and by putting 'exec xfce4-session' in
~/.xinitrc.
ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager:
====================================================================
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-05-06 05:36
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager -> /usr/bin/xfce4-session
===================================================================
/etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc:
===================================================================
# $Id: xfce4-session.rc 23542 2006-10-28 13:23:00Z benny $
#
# Default xfce4-session configuration file.
#
# Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Benedikt Meurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# All rights reserved.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
# 02111-1307, USA.
#
[General]
SessionName=Default
SessionName[de]=Standard
SessionName[ja]=æ¨æº
# Disable management of remote clients by default. The user
# has to explicitly enable this for security reasons.
DisableTcp=True
# This the default session launched by xfce4-session if the user
# hasn't saved any session yet or creates a new session.
[Failsafe Session]
Count=4
Client0_Command=xfwm4
Client0_PerScreen=False
Client1_Command=xfce4-panel
Client1_PerScreen=False
Client2_Command=Thunar,--daemon
Client2_PerScreen=False
Client3_Command=xfdesktop
Client3_PerScreen=False
==================================================================
~/.config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc:
==================================================================
[General]
SessionName=Default
SaveOnExit=false
=================================================================
