Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 05:57:38 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: B J <va6bmj@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xfce Crashed, Can't Get Toolbars Back Message-ID: <20190513055738.d390a8dd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <CAP7QzkP3FktdYuDPpX8X7%2BWOSyvb1w2zfgHpucv8yHBBS-NqKA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAP7QzkP3FktdYuDPpX8X7%2BWOSyvb1w2zfgHpucv8yHBBS-NqKA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 12 May 2019 20:46:43 -0700, B J wrote:
> I'm running FreeBSD 11.2 with Xfce on a laptop. For some reason, the
> desktop crashed and I can't get the toolbars back.
Is this "something new" or does it happen right after
installation? If "new", what did you do before the
problem appeared?
> I booted the machine, logged in under my account, and I got messages
> concerning the following:
>
> serverauth.812 does not exist
Strange. The file(s) in question are named .serverauth.<n>,
with a dot (".") at the beginning...
> .Xauthority not writable
>
> I haven't the foggiest what that means and I'm wondering just how I'm going
> to get Xfce working again without having to do a clean re-installation.
This looks like a secondary problem. But what does
% ls -la ~/.Xauthority
report? It should belong to your user and have rw/-/- mode.
> Any ideas or suggestions? Thank you.
I assume you're starting X with "startx", so it uses a .xinitrc,
right? In this case, replace the call to Xfce (the last "exec"
line) with
exec xterm
Now your X session will start with nothing but an X terminal.
In this terminal, manually enter the command which you use
to start Xfce (check .xinitrc when in doubt).
In case you're using a display manager, apply .xsession instead
of .xinitrc in the steps mentioned above.
Is there anything "non-standard" about your X setup?
Anything in .xsession-errors?
In worst case, just remove and re-install the Xfce-related
ports.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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