[SOLVED] XFCE 4.10 - Login Errors (Panel)

ipeters61 · 2013-06-30 02:05:01

I am running XFCE 4.10 on my desktop/testing system on a clean install of Arch. Everything seems to work just fine, but I get these two messages when I log in to XFCE (this happens when logging in through SLiM and the command line)...

First Message:
Modifying the panel is not allowed: Because the panel is running in kiosk mode, you are not allowed to make changes to the panel configuration as a regular user.

(after clicking close, this box brings up the preferences window for the panel)

Second Message (appears regardless if I click close on the first message box):
Failed to show the preferences dialog: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

(after clicking close, depending on how long I wait to click close, I may have to close out numerous dialog boxes)

Now, it is worth noting that the panel did not load the first time I used XFCE on this installation (it's the only desktop environment I've installed since I installed Arch on this system), so I went to the right click menu on the desktop (then went to Applications -> Settings -> Panel Settings) and configured the panel. I screwed up the installation of graphics on this system (there's some issue with the Intel driver that required me to install something or change some configuration file somewhere), so when the first dialog box asked about the panel, I think I said I wanted one empty panel, but I was preoccupied with fonts not loading correctly (but I fixed that), so I didn't configure the panel until later.

Anyways, even though the first message says I cannot make changes to the panel, I have always been able to on this system (changes persist after log out, reboot, etc.). I have done some research into this error message, but it seems like there are only guides to enable the kiosk mode in XFCE, but none to disable it.

Any help on this is appreciated.

Last edited by ipeters61 (2013-07-01 20:26:13)

ipeters61 · 2013-06-30 02:28:15

I tried clearing the Saved Sessions in the Session and Startup preferences panel. Now, it's asking me if I want to Execute the xfce4-panel whenever I log on (it doesn't complain about not being able to open a dialog box anymore). I click Execute in the first dialog box and it gives me the kiosk error, I click it the second time (either execute or cancel) and the preferences panel loads.

henk · 2013-06-30 04:04:10

Take a look at this. You could try to either edit /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc if it is present, or rename it
(deleting is a bit extreme) and see what happens.

ipeters61 · 2013-06-30 04:27:24

henk wrote:

Take a look at this. You could try to either edit /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc if it is present, or rename it
(deleting is a bit extreme) and see what happens.

Yeah, I already tried that (I actually went so far as to delete the kiosk directory), tried rebooting a few times, and while the file never was regenerated, but nothing happened.

I'd kept coming across that page but it didn't provide me with anything helpful. I may try to remake the file and just set CustomizePanel to equal ALL and see what happens.

Last edited by ipeters61 (2013-06-30 04:28:50)

henk · 2013-06-30 07:50:35

Check /home/<your username>/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml for something like

<channel name="xfce4-panel" version="1.0" locked="*" unlocked="root;@wheel">

Normally it should look like this

<channel name="xfce4-panel" version="1.0">

Should also look at /etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/default.xml

Last edited by henk (2013-06-30 07:52:18)

ipeters61 · 2013-06-30 18:23:55

Both look clean to me. This is my ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml: click here

henk · 2013-06-30 18:45:37

Found this on the mentioned website:

Undo panel lockdown (reverse the kiosk mode)
8.1. Reversing the panel lockdown is easy: simply remove the file xfce4-panel.xml from the system folder in which you placed it earlier on.
Removal by terminal command is easiest:

- Open a terminal:

Copy and paste the following magical incantation into the terminal (this is one line):

sudo rm -v /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml

Press Enter.

- Reboot your computer.

The panel lockdown has now been undone, for all user accounts.

https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/xfce

jrussell · 2013-06-30 19:02:27

See what happens with a new clean user, then you can see if its a global or user problem

ipeters61 · 2013-07-01 17:49:22

Apparently the /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml file didn't even exist.

jrussel, you were right, it was a user issue, I created a test account and it worked fine. Luckily this is a fresh install, so I didn't worry about having to remove my account without having problems, but I'm still just wondering how this even happened in the first place.

I deleted and recreated my user account and now it's working.

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[SOLVED] XFCE 4.10 - Login Errors (Panel)

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