Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 14:42:15 -0400 From: Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, Ondrej Majerech <oxyd.oxyd@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Status of Xorg 7.5 and xfce4? Message-ID: <4BE45F07.4010004@wintek.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005051050190.85975@wonkity.com> References: <4BE16B50.5040904@wintek.com> <4BE1779C.4060003@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005051050190.85975@wonkity.com>
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On 05/05/10 13:07, Warren Block wrote:
> On Wed, 5 May 2010, Ondrej Majerech wrote:
>
>> Try renaming your ~/.config/xfce4 and ~/.config/xfce4-session to something
>> else and see if that allows you to use your desktop again.
>
> I wish I'd thought of that. Here's what I did:
>
> After a reboot, and not having attempted to start X or xfce...
> mkdir ~/backup
> mv ~/.config ~/backup
> startxfce4 (or startx if .xinitrc starts xfce4)
> xfce starts with defaults.
> Click "quit" button in panel, or right-click desktop,
> Applications/Log Out.
> Click "Log Out".
> rm -rf ~/.config (this is the new copy just created by xfce).
> mv ~/backup/.config ~
>
> After that, xfce starts every time. Or at least every time I've
> tried--20 times in a row on one system. And it's worked on two systems.
>
> Now why it worked...
>
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
I'll make it even more interesting now.
I tried this with no joy. However, when I moved my original .config back
in place and tried again I actually saw my desktop for approximately 1
second before the crash-n-burn. That made me think there was possibly a
timing problem (what did I have to lose?). I copied the default xinitrc
(/usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc) to ~/.config/xfce4 and added a 'sleep
5' immediately before the attempt to execute xfce4-session:
--- /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc 2010-04-30 10:09:28.000000000 -0400
+++ /home/rjk/.config/xfce4/xinitrc 2010-05-07 10:35:38.000000000 -0400
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
x|xno*)
;;
*)
+ sleep 5
$xfcesm
if test $kill_sshagent -eq 1; then
This seems to have fixed it; my desktop is back to normal. I'm at 4 for
4, at any rate.
Hope this helps...
- Richard
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