scrambled desktops - again, and again, and again

[blind Pete]

rikona wrote:

> Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 5:47:50 AM, compdoc wrote:
> 
>>> Agreed - that is one of the first things I did. :-) I usually use
>> diskutility - it gives a bunch of smart info.
>>> The disk seems fine - passed, no errors at all - it is a pretty new
>>> disk.
> 
>> That's perfect. At least the drive is good...
> 
> But - the problem is still there... :-( I'm assuming since there are
> no other replies that others are not seeing this. It seems like a
> software problem because it happens when I do some [usually file]
> operation - opening, closing, saving etc. That does sound like it
> might be a possible disk issue which is why I checked it first.
> 
> Any suggestion for which log(s) might give useful info? Is there a way
> to track what the windows are doing with respect to the desktops? This
> might give some clue as to what is happening...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   rikona

This is just a wild shot in the dark; have you tried creating a 
new test account?  If so, does it show the same problems?  

I have found that XFCE sometimes scrambles the contents of 
~/.cache so that I have to logout, mv .cashe .cache.old 
and log in again.  

-- 
blind Pete
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