XFCE 4.4 desktop disappeared after pacman -Syu

jerem · 2007-03-01 14:24:51

My XFCE4.4 desktop does not load anymore after I pacman -Syu'ed.

I have no wallpaper, no icons, and when I click I have no menu.

Has anyone already experienced such an issue ? Any clue ?

ndlarsen · 2007-03-01 14:31:14

Perhaps this is the cause?

SiD · 2007-03-01 14:36:58

run "xfce-setting-show" from console and give xfce control over the desktop.

note:
I don't know the correct (english) names of the menus and buttons cause my xfce is in german...
but it should be something like:
Desktop --> let xfce control the desktop

Last edited by SiD (2007-03-01 14:37:24)

jerem · 2007-03-01 14:46:02

Well, I restarted dbus, hal etc, rebooted. Yet no improvement is to be seen.

I also checked that xfce is allowed to control the desktop(desktop settings). I exited and saved the session.

However, when I restart Xfce, the desktop does not appear and the box saying "let xfce control the desktop" is unchecked, whereas I did check it before restarting !

SiD · 2007-03-01 15:09:30

jerem wrote:

I also checked that xfce is allowed to control the desktop(desktop settings). I exited and saved the session.

Have you tried to check the "let xfce control the desktop" box and not save the session?

edit:
When I check/uncheck this box a message appears. It says something like this:

"If you don't want to let xfce control the desktop after next start save the session."

It's the same message in both cases (check/uncheck).

Last edited by SiD (2007-03-01 15:14:24)

jerem · 2007-03-02 12:35:50

Unfortunately, the xfce desktop does not appear, whether I do or not save the session...

Furthermore, when I launch it manually (xfdesktop &), there is no effect.

And there is no problem with the libraries, since ldd reports no broken library links.

I did reinstall the whole xfce4, but it didn't help either (altough I rm'ed all my ~/.* stuff related to xfce).

I also tested another wm (fluxbox) which worked out of the box(with xsetroot).

This is driving me mad...

I'm currently investigating the whole startxfce4 script process....

Last edited by jerem (2007-03-02 12:36:24)

Dieter@be · 2007-03-02 14:10:29

I had a similar problem on Gentoo
maybe this can help: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-53 … ight-.html

SiD · 2007-03-21 15:35:23

I had the same problem after pacman -Syu today.

Reinstalling whole xfce solved it for me. Before installing again I removed all xfce stuff in ~/.config and /opt.
After first start the panel did not start, I started it manually exited xfce with option save-session and now xfce works again for me.

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#1 2007-03-01 14:24:51

XFCE 4.4 desktop disappeared after pacman -Syu

#2 2007-03-01 14:31:14

Re: XFCE 4.4 desktop disappeared after pacman -Syu

#3 2007-03-01 14:36:58

Re: XFCE 4.4 desktop disappeared after pacman -Syu

#4 2007-03-01 14:46:02

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#5 2007-03-01 15:09:30

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#6 2007-03-02 12:35:50

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