From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 13 22:52:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A0EA1065673 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:52:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f166.google.com (mail-ew0-f166.google.com [209.85.219.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64858FC27 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonic2000gr@gmail.com) Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so2990684ewy.43 for ; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:52:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=spjElVvpSdNQoQ4/UlSvcpsPWmE5r2Wp6r534aeAlPs=; b=EQfe3Zl35xmQFCImw0kXkcw2o75oUTfx4I0xjXbVIfH5l2H+r0DmH/Iz115Gadqm1B m7J2zd7X0WdrAXOtyZgGJJgsk8ySZUPmTCSdgGqhlw+0ldYUCAAILme/rxDannbar/67 9jO/zW/nQBWc/d4aImZIozV344QR4dp+N/keM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AG3uCPL3uQvv3nok9iGXOh4QsAOAu6Kf+1+archmwlvfFC3GJCVftrzRGZLpTzz+O+ /05qBi/Fc0aKLgBSDCUfEogmAZcD+xwBPGtJ5vJk4g3KV5zUORGoDjJNw3m3ZYQcLsZP po5DoEGDb7qUlrcXafbw8RrBY+hz5pZ0OWbFk= Received: by 10.216.36.80 with SMTP id v58mr971662wea.193.1236984771125; Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:52:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4465565.home.otenet.gr [94.71.99.141]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 31sm4169659nfu.17.2009.03.13.15.52.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:52:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49BAE3C0.9090000@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:52:48 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081011) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: weif@weif.net References: <20090313154130.3D96EA26DB@maxine.cjones.org> <49BA87D5.3080000@gmail.com> <20090313204825.E64BCA2718@maxine.cjones.org> <49BACEF0.8070905@gmail.com> <20090313223308.3B98CA2723@maxine.cjones.org> In-Reply-To: <20090313223308.3B98CA2723@maxine.cjones.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: issues in XFCE 4.6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:52:53 -0000 Keith Seyffarth wrote: > > > New user gets a completely different interface. XFCE and components > don't seem to launch, nor do they seem to be available. Not only is > there no menu, there's no panel from which to launch the menu, and the > panel won't start from the command line. > > Well, this leads me to believe you don't have an .xinitrc file in the new user's home directory Create an ~/.xinitrc with exec startxfce4 as the only content and try again. >> I've got another system with XFCE that I will be upgrading tonight - >> I'll let you know if it works out differently. >> > > Let me know. It would be nice to have a usable computer again. > > It's rather frustrating that any time there is an update for something > X-related, it seems that if you're going to make the upgrade, you need > to be ready to have your computer unusable for 3-10 days... > Just completed the upgrade on the second one. This is running 7-STABLE amd64. I used the pkg_rmleaves method and removed xfce4.4 and its leaf ports. Compiling completed without problems. On first start some icons were indeed missing, but where fixed as soon as I selected the tango theme. I can send you a complete list of the ports that were built if you wish, but I think there is probably something else that's wrong in your installation.