(Solved) Xfce desktop not loading

testdude281 · 2012-06-18 00:13:17

Hi,

Since last night i have not been able to access my xfce desktop. all i get is a gray background and a mouse cursor. i dont see any panels. neither the app panel or the deskbar. i know its not because of any recent updates or any no. of customisations i tried because it worked fine after a previous reboot.

The gray background has existed since about 1 day after installation (roughly 2 weeks ago) and it started after i tried a new wallpaper and rebooted the system. Since then i havent been able to set a wallpaper. i have generally ignored it because it doesnt interfere with my work and i have gotten used to it.

could someone help me? xfce doesnt have any default keyboard shortcuts that i know of and so i am basically dead in the water.

Last edited by testdude281 (2012-06-20 06:46:47)

2ManyDogs · 2012-06-18 00:42:39

[disclaimer] I do not use Xfce, but I know several people who do and have reported similar problems [/disclaimer]

Can you log in at another console (ctrl-alt-f2)? If you can, try deleting these two folders entirely:

~/.cache/sessions/
~/.config/xfce4/

and then reboot. If that does not help, try reinstalling Xfce.

There is more information in the wiki here.

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-06-18 00:54:08)

testdude281 · 2012-06-18 07:19:23

Thanks 2Many, that worked. had to redo all customisations but i got my desktop back.

Gcool · 2012-06-18 07:33:48

If your issue is completely resolved now, don't forget to mark your thread as [SOLVED].

Modanung · 2017-05-30 09:22:04

Only removing ~/.cache/sessions/ did the trick for me (on Linux Mint). Keeping all settings.

WorMzy · 2017-05-30 21:41:04

Please don't necrobump old topics, especially when they're marked as solved, and extra-especially when you're not even using Arch..

Closing.

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(Solved) Xfce desktop not loading

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