another xfce4.6 problems

_dunmer · 2009-02-28 16:17:50

I updated my xfce4.4 to 4.6 and some problems have appeared:

- broken icons in xfce menu (i see just a little white icon with red cross),quick launch icons in panel are really invisible..
- right click on desktop doesn't do anything, no menu pop up
- i cannt switch desktop picture via desktop settings (all i have is pure black desktop)

anybody with same problems or with solutions? .)

edit
problem with task list removed, it was my fault, sorry

Last edited by _dunmer (2009-02-28 16:31:12)

EVRAMP · 2009-02-28 19:33:02

Hi dunmer (greetings from CZ ,
try to launch Xfce with clean home directory (or under newly created user). If problems disappear, your old config files from Xfce 4.4 conflicts the new from 4.6. You will have to delete them.

zchira · 2009-02-28 20:00:51

I also haven't some icons.
Plus, when I open settings dialog, I haven't icons for some applications (accesibility, appearance etc..).

Which files/folders I need to delete in my home folder to reset all xfce settings?

puurokattila · 2009-02-28 20:24:10

Same problem here. Tried to create new account but menus are still missing icons and I also cant change font size from Appearence settings.

_dunmer · 2009-02-28 20:24:43

EVRAMP wrote:

Hi dunmer (greetings from CZ ,
try to launch Xfce with clean home directory (or under newly created user). If problems disappear, your old config files from Xfce 4.4 conflicts the new from 4.6. You will have to delete them.

heh, nazdar .)

i tried to login with new user and i get just this error:

System has no xclients file so starting a failsafe xterm sessinon. ..

than xterm session starts so i have one xterm window and nothing else.

btw, where are xfce conf files located, beacouse ls -la | grep -i xfce shows nothing

Last edited by _dunmer (2009-02-28 20:25:21)

Richer · 2009-02-28 20:38:15

Same situation here, no icons anywhere, maybe is a problem with a package. I would search if anybody has a bug report

zchira · 2009-02-28 20:48:15

My problem appears only on my desktop where I am using xfce.
On laptop (when I have kde) I installed clean xfce4.6 and there are no problems...

sisco311 · 2009-02-28 21:17:50

_dunmer wrote:

EVRAMP wrote:
Hi dunmer (greetings from CZ ,
try to launch Xfce with clean home directory (or under newly created user). If problems disappear, your old config files from Xfce 4.4 conflicts the new from 4.6. You will have to delete them.
heh, nazdar .)
i tried to login with new user and i get just this error:
System has no xclients file so starting a failsafe xterm sessinon. ..
than xterm session starts so i have one xterm window and nothing else.
btw, where are xfce conf files located, beacouse ls -la | grep -i xfce shows nothing

try to select the xfce session from the login manager.
(do not use the default or last session)

the config files are in ~/.config

@zchira

try a new icon theme

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volume applet:

pacman -S gstreamer0.10-plugins

Last edited by sisco311 (2009-02-28 21:19:19)

zchira · 2009-02-28 21:35:06

@zchira
try a new icon theme

It doesn't help :-(

peart · 2009-02-28 21:41:57

Installing the tango icon theme gave me the missing icons in the menu. I believe Rodent (and other themes) uses Tango as a fallback for missing icons.

AndyRTR · 2009-02-28 22:08:48

There's a major upstream issue with icon. Simply all upstream devs use an old installation set and missed to try a fresh install. The old Rodent theme isn't fully compatible with 4.6.

As a workaround you can install gnome-icon-theme or tango-icon-theme.

for more: http://foo-projects.org/pipermail/xfce4 … 26295.html

AndyRTR · 2009-02-28 22:09:30

AndyRTR wrote:

There's a major upstream issue with icons. Simply all upstream devs use an old installation set and missed to try a fresh install. The old Rodent theme isn't fully compatible with 4.6.
As a workaround you can install gnome-icon-theme or tango-icon-theme.
for more: http://foo-projects.org/pipermail/xfce4 … 26295.html

sisco311 · 2009-02-28 22:12:16

peart wrote:

Installing the tango icon theme gave me the missing icons in the menu. I believe Rodent (and other themes) uses Tango as a fallback for missing icons.

yes, you are right.

Last edited by sisco311 (2009-02-28 22:16:48)

zchira · 2009-02-28 22:22:02

Now it works!!!
Thanks

waytin · 2009-03-01 02:23:49

I have the icon problem, too.

It seems that they didn't upgrade the icon theme for the new configuration.

I hope it will be fixed as soon as possible.

R00KIE · 2009-03-01 04:56:45

I would go with tango-icon-theme as it needs less dependencies
After I installed it and selected it in the options all (well ... almost all) icons came to life. Thank you for the tips

userlander · 2009-03-01 13:59:32

My mixer icon is messed up -- it looks like it's defaulting to mute or something?

I have the tango icons installed.

fijam · 2009-03-01 14:21:37

It's perfectly fine, it just looks less than spectacular on a dark background. See http://fijam.eu.org/other/shot.png . Also, try scrolling over it.

userlander · 2009-03-01 15:40:22

fijam wrote:

It's perfectly fine, it just looks less than spectacular on a dark background. See http://fijam.eu.org/other/shot.png . Also, try scrolling over it.

That's *normal???* That's the worst looking icon I've ever seen. :-o No offense, but it doesn't look much better on a light background, imo.

Do you know where the reference to the system icons are coded?

fijam · 2009-03-01 16:04:37

Well, I certainly like it more than the previous one with the slider. But de gustibus et coloribus...

And no, I do not know where it is coded.

senjin · 2009-03-02 12:02:41

AndyRTR wrote:

Simply all upstream devs use an old installation set and missed to try a fresh install.

Wait... does it mean that we have programs in extra, that haven't been tested by anyone, including arch devs and even upstream devs?!

R00KIE · 2009-03-02 12:40:47

Not exactly, from what I understand the xfce devs use/have more icon themes installed than the only one that is pulled as a dependency or from the xfce group. The latest xfce doesn't seem to play well with that icon theme, thats all. I have installed the tango theme and completely removed the one that comes with xfce and so far I'm happy.
Maybe now the tango theme should come as a dependency of xfce instead of the current xfce icon theme.

Edit:
Corrected the name of the icon theme (tango-icon-theme).

Last edited by R00KIE (2009-03-02 23:59:52)

DaStevo · 2009-03-02 20:38:53

hi. i have another strange problem: in previous xfce i had 1680*1050 resolution. now after the update my resolution-setting was 1024*768. when i change back to 1680*1050 my screen flashes and is still 1024*768.. anbody knows what to do?

senjin · 2009-03-02 20:49:25

I think you need to have proper configuration in xorg.conf - but it strange that something happened when you updated xfce.

DaStevo · 2009-03-02 22:06:53

it was really a xorg problem... strange it occured while updating

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