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scoona

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Registered: 2009-12-03

Posts: 9

XFCE session locked

Hi all,

this goes to a problem with XFCE as the new GNOME desktop did not suit my needs.

XFCE was run fine until a recent update of GNOME packages but it may also be due to incorrect shutdown. Now there's a locked XFCE session (GDM in use) which I cannot terminate or unlock.

Which steps do I need to undertake to kill the session and/or screensaver manually from terminal?

Kind regards,

scoona

Jelle

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2011-01-30

Posts: 84

Re: XFCE session locked

Something relevant in /var/lock you can delete?

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: XFCE session locked

Wouldn't a reboot kill the session?

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yungtrizzle

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Registered: 2011-04-24

Posts: 139

Re: XFCE session locked

Xfce has a session manager, you can use that to delete locked or saved sessions. You might need root permissions, though. Manually, there's a folder for sessions in .config in your home directory, delete with care.

scoona

Member

Registered: 2009-12-03

Posts: 9

Re: XFCE session locked

You did help me until now, thanks. Alas, the error is still here. /var/lock is clean except firewall entry, which is fine. A reboot didn't kill the session/lock situation. The session directory in .config (homedir) is empty.

Two other details may be important:

- Starting gdm from command line displays the login screen fine, but the pointer changes to a watch and reflects my user as logged in.

- Logging in as user after init 3 immediately starts up X, which is not intended as I don't like autologin. I dunno the reason for this one.

I've changed inittab to use gdm instead of xdm but this does not help.

Any remarks please?