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ChillyCurve

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Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Hi, I am having trouble getting the result from a wallpaper program that I want, and was hoping you guys could help me find a good one.

I have tried every program on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … er_setters and could not find one that meets my needs.

I would like to have a different wallpaper for every workspace in Xfce. I recently converted from Manjaro, and the Xfce desktop settings had better wallpaper setting functionality, but the version I installed in Arch does not have these features.

Thanks for your help

ackt1c

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Applicable

Last edited by ackt1c (2022-11-05 13:39:18)

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Okay. It seems that feature is only part of Xfce 4.12, but I am having trouble finding it. Can anyone help find it?

Last edited by ChillyCurve (2014-11-22 22:09:38)

toz

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Manjaro ships with a newer (development) version of xfdesktop that supports wallpapers / workspace. This version is available in the AUR.

Last edited by toz (2014-11-23 00:02:59)

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Installed the development version you specified and now for some reason I cannot access my Xfce desktop enviorment. I can login into the other desktop enviorments I have installed.

I uninstalled the development version and reinstalled the stable version. No change.

I then reinstalled Xfce completely. No change.

Your help is appreciated.

toz

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Look for error messages in the journal.

Try clearing your sessions cache. (delete ~/.cache/sessions).

Rename ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml and then try to log in.

Worst case, rename ~/.config/xfce4 and try again.

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

None of those options worked.

Any more ideas?

toz

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

What exactly do you mean by "cannot access my Xfce desktop enviorment"?
How do you start Xfce?
What error messages do you get in the journal?

EDIT: Also roll back libxfce4ui (a new version gets installed).

Last edited by toz (2014-11-23 03:09:18)

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

I am using GDM to login, and when I select Xfce and login, the screen is black and just returns to GDM. Other desktop enviorments login fine.

Edit: Forgive me, but how would I go about a rollback?

Last edited by ChillyCurve (2014-11-23 03:19:14)

toz

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Edit: Forgive me, but how would I go about a rollback?

pacman -S libxfce4ui

...you should have version 4.10.0-2 installed.

I am using GDM to login, and when I select Xfce and login, the screen is black and just returns to GDM.

What error messages do you get?

Last edited by toz (2014-11-23 10:58:06)

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Thanks, here it is what I found, about 4000 lines down :

xrdb:  "Xft.hinting" on line 10 overrides entry on line 6
Nov 23 12:21:38 ArchMachine /etc/gdm/Xsession[1658]: xrdb:  "Xft.hintstyle" on line 13 overrides entry on line 7
Nov 23 12:21:38 ArchMachine /etc/gdm/Xsession[1658]: xfce4-session: error while loading shared libraries: libxfce4util.so.6: cannot open shared object
Nov 23 12:21:38 ArchMachine gdm-password][1643]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session closed for user chillycurve
Nov 23 12:21:38 ArchMachine gdm-Xorg-:0[1513]: (II) evdev: Acer WMI hotkeys: Close
Nov 23 12:21:38 ArchMachine gdm-Xorg-:0[1513]: (II) UnloadModule: "evdev" ..... 

Last edited by ChillyCurve (2014-11-23 18:31:36)

toz

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Nov 23 12:21:38 ArchMachine /etc/gdm/Xsession[1658]: xfce4-session: error while loading shared libraries: libxfce4util.so.6: cannot open shared object

^^^This is why.

Can you post back what versions of the following packages you have installed (pacman -Qi <package_name>)?
- xfdesktop
- libxfce4ui
- xfce4-session
- libxfce4util

As will as the results of:

ls -l /usr/lib/libxfce*

...and:

ldd $(which xfce4-session)

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Name           : xfdesktop
Version        : 4.10.3-2

Name           : libxfce4ui
Version        : 4.10.0-2

Name           : xfce4-session
Version        : 4.10.1-5

And apparently I don't have libxfce4util. Should I install it?

[chillycurve@ArchMachine ~]$ ls -l /usr/lib/libxfce*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     30 Jul  2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4kbd-private-2.so -> libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     30 Jul  2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0 -> libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  39936 Jul  2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4kbd-private-2.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     26 May  5  2013 /usr/lib/libxfce4panel-1.0.so -> libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     26 May  5  2013 /usr/lib/libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4 -> libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  81264 May  5  2013 /usr/lib/libxfce4panel-1.0.so.4.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Jul  2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so -> libxfce4ui-1.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Jul  2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so.0 -> libxfce4ui-1.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  73760 Jul  2 10:43 /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so -> libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so.7 -> libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  56112 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     20 Jul  2 10:45 /usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so -> libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     20 Jul  2 10:45 /usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so.4 -> libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 364936 Jul  2 10:45 /usr/lib/libxfcegui4.so.4.3.0

[chillycurve@ArchMachine ~]$ ldd $(which xfce4-session)
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffc0e02000)
	libxfsm-4.6.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxfsm-4.6.so.0 (0x00007fb352a30000)
	libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x00007fb352828000)
	libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x00007fb352608000)
	libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fb3522c0000)
	libxfce4ui-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxfce4ui-1.so.0 (0x00007fb3520a8000)
	libxfce4util.so.6 => not found
	libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351ea0000)
	libwnck-1.so.22 => /usr/lib/libwnck-1.so.22 (0x00007fb351c60000)
	libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351618000)
	libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351360000)
	libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb351138000)
	libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007fb350e08000)
	libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb350be0000)
	libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb350990000)
	libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpolkit-gobject-1.so.0 (0x00007fb350770000)
	libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb3503f8000)
	libxfconf-0.so.2 => /usr/lib/libxfconf-0.so.2 (0x00007fb3501e0000)
	libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0x00007fb34ffb8000)
	libdbus-1.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fb34fd70000)
	libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34fb18000)
	libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34f808000)
	libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fb34f500000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fb34f2e0000)
	libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fb34ef38000)
	libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34ed28000)
	libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34eb10000)
	libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fb34e8d0000)
	libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fb34e610000)
	libxfce4util.so.6 => not found
	libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fb34e408000)
	libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fb34e1e0000)
	libdl.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fb34dfd8000)
	libstartup-notification-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libstartup-notification-1.so.0 (0x00007fb34ddc8000)
	libxfce4util.so.6 => not found
	libpcre.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpcre.so.1 (0x00007fb34db58000)
	libXRes.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXRes.so.1 (0x00007fb34d950000)
	libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007fb34d748000)
	libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fb34d538000)
	libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007fb34d330000)
	libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXi.so.6 (0x00007fb34d118000)
	libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007fb34cf08000)
	libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fb34ccf8000)
	libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007fb34caf0000)
	libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007fb34c8e8000)
	libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fb34c6d0000)
	libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007fb34c420000)
	libEGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libEGL.so.1 (0x00007fb34c1f0000)
	libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fb34bfb8000)
	libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fb34bdb0000)
	libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007fb34bba0000)
	libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007fb34b988000)
	libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x00007fb34b6e8000)
	librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007fb34b4e0000)
	libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fb34b2d8000)
	libsystemd.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007fb352de8000)
	libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/libffi.so.6 (0x00007fb34b0c8000)
	libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fb34aeb0000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fb352c38000)
	libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007fb34ac58000)
	libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fb34aa28000)
	libbz2.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007fb34a818000)
	libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fb34a610000)
	libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fb34a408000)
	libxcb-util.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb-util.so.1 (0x00007fb34a200000)
	libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007fb349ff8000)
	libxcb-dri2.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-dri2.so.0 (0x00007fb349df0000)
	libxcb-xfixes.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xfixes.so.0 (0x00007fb349be8000)
	libxcb-shape.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-shape.so.0 (0x00007fb3499e0000)
	libgbm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgbm.so.1 (0x00007fb3497d0000)
	libwayland-client.so.0 => /usr/lib/libwayland-client.so.0 (0x00007fb3495c0000)
	libwayland-server.so.0 => /usr/lib/libwayland-server.so.0 (0x00007fb3493a8000)
	libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglapi.so.0 (0x00007fb349178000)
	libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libdrm.so.2 (0x00007fb348f68000)
	libxcb-glx.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0x00007fb348d48000)
	libxcb-dri3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-dri3.so.0 (0x00007fb348b40000)
	libxcb-present.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-present.so.0 (0x00007fb348938000)
	libxcb-randr.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-randr.so.0 (0x00007fb348728000)
	libxcb-sync.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb-sync.so.1 (0x00007fb348520000)
	libxshmfence.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxshmfence.so.1 (0x00007fb348318000)
	libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007fb348110000)
	liblzma.so.5 => /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fb347ee8000)
	liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fb347cd8000)
	libgcrypt.so.20 => /usr/lib/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007fb3479f0000)
	libgpg-error.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007fb3477d8000)
	libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007fb3475b8000)

toz

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Posts: 513

Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

And apparently I don't have libxfce4util.

It looks like you have a newer version of it:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so -> libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     21 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so.7 -> libxfce4util.so.7.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  56112 Nov 22 12:14 /usr/lib/libxfce4util.so.7.0.0

...possibly from the AUR?

Should I install it?

To get Xfce up and running again, you'll need the version from the repositories, so yes:

pacman -S libxfce4util

.

To provide some more info about your initial request about upgrading to the newer version of xfdesktop, I created a vm and tested the upgrade. To get it to work I had to upgrade 2 packages from the AUR - libxfce4ui-devel and xfdesktop-devel.

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Thank you for your time. Worked like a charm.

Before you go, could you explain why that broke Xfce?

toz

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

Before you go, could you explain why that broke Xfce?

You had too new a version of libxfce4util installed (xfce4-session wouldn't work with it). I'm not sure how libxfce4util got updated on your computer. It's not listed as a dependency to xfdesktop-devel. In fact, when I tested it in my vm, the package didn't get updated. Have a look through your /var/log/pacman.log file to see when it was updated (along with what else was being updated at that time).

ChillyCurve

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Posts: 10

Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

[2014-11-22 18:13] [PACMAN] installed rarian (0.8.1-4)
[2014-11-22 18:13] [PACMAN] installed gnome-doc-utils (0.20.10-2)
[2014-11-22 18:13] [PACMAN] installed source-highlight (3.1.7-11)
[2014-11-22 18:13] [PACMAN] installed gtk-doc (1.21-1)
[2014-11-22 18:13] [PACMAN] installed xfce4-dev-tools (4.10.0-2)
[2014-11-22 18:15] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman --color auto -U --asdeps /tmp/yaourt-tmp-chillycurve/PKGDEST.IhS/libxfce4util-git-4.11.0.r13.g8a996e2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-11-22 18:16] [PACMAN] removed libxfce4util (4.10.1-2)
[2014-11-22 18:16] [PACMAN] installed libxfce4util-git (4.11.0.r13.g8a996e2-1)
[2014-11-22 18:18] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman --color auto -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-chillycurve/PKGDEST.9XZ/libxfce4ui-git-4.11.1.r27.g422b388-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-11-22 18:18] [PACMAN] removed libxfce4ui (4.10.0-2)
[2014-11-22 18:18] [PACMAN] installed libxfce4ui-git (4.11.1.r27.g422b388-1)
[2014-11-22 18:19] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman --color auto -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-chillycurve/PKGDEST.71b/xfdesktop-devel-4.11.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-11-22 18:19] [PACMAN] removed xfdesktop (4.10.3-2)
[2014-11-22 18:19] [PACMAN] installed xfdesktop-devel (4.11.8-1)

I think Yaourt did it, but I don't know why.

Does Yaourt have a similiar log?

toz

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

AFAIK, it uses the same pacman log.

It looks like it was installed with xfdesktop-devel, but I don't see why, since its not a dependency. And I can't replicate that mishap here. I don't know how it got installed.

Are you now running the new xfdesktop 4.11 or did you revert back to 4.10?

ChillyCurve

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Re: Having some Desktop wallpaper issues.

I am running 4.11, but it is working fine now.

And I think you are right about the log.

But anyways thank you for your help.