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Date:      Mon, 4 Mar 2013 11:16:59 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-xfce@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Desktop backgrounds/xfdesktop
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303041115100.68772@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHcdu2ojvfGQ9oAz53vuH6UyW%2B3kU-CSVT3ksKwxfAdiQJ5Qnw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Olivier Duchateau wrote:

> Now, with the latest release of x11-wm/xfce4-desktop (4.10.1),
> wallpapers searched for in /usr/local/share/backgrounds/xfce/ and like
> Xfce <= 4.8 /usr/local/share/xfce4/backdrops/  this is new with this
> release. If no wallpaper was specified, of course.

pkg_info -W confirmed that all the files in 
/usr/local/share/xfce4/backdrops/ were leftovers, so I removed that 
directory.

>> By messing around with it, I somehow broke my entire xfdesktop, and now
>> there is just a gray background with no desktop icons, and the logout button
>> does not log out.  The panel works, and keyboard shortcuts and everything
>> else.
>
> I think, xfce4-settings is missing (I had same problem, but wallpaper
> was ok). If you have log somewhere (in your $HOME, or /var/log
> directory), it's better.

Removing the backdrops directory was all it took, the desktop is back 
and working normally now.

Thanks!



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