Arch Linux

speerwerfer

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Registered: 2020-01-10

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[SOLVED] Problems with Arch/xfce4/lightdm

Hello,

I have a problem with my Linux installation. Since a few days my xfce desktop is spinning. The archsystem was freshly installed with xfce only in February.
I can no longer move windows. In almost all windows the X to close is missing in the title bar.
When Firefox is open, I can't type anything in the terminal. All input ends up in the Firefox address bar.
When I click on Settings/Window Manager in the menu, nothing starts. Other settings dialogs work though.
I don't know what is going on and where to start looking. The whole thing started after a major update via the package manager.

Martin

Last edited by speerwerfer (2023-04-28 17:20:37)

speerwerfer

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Registered: 2020-01-10

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Arch/xfce4/lightdm

I can also no longer change the size of the windows

toz

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Registered: 2011-10-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Arch/xfce4/lightdm

It sounds like your window manager may have crashed, or is not running. Check your process list for xfwm4, and if its missing, start it in a terminal window to see if it generates any errors:

xfwm4 --replace

speerwerfer

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Arch/xfce4/lightdm

toz: You made my day!
That was the problem. Thank you so much!

2ManyDogs

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with Arch/xfce4/lightdm

Please remember to mark your thread [SOLVED] (edit the title of your first post).