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Date:      Mon, 4 Mar 2013 19:27:04 +0100
From:      Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier@gmail.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-xfce@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Desktop backgrounds/xfdesktop
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2013/3/4 Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>:
> 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.

Great :)

>
> Thanks!



-- 
olivier



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