[xubuntu-users] Problems with XFCE deskbar disappearring XUBUNTU 8.10

[David Collins]

George,

Unfortunately, this is a known (intermittent) bug in XFCE, and this
might happen to you again sometime.

I have a get-around where I add the 'xfce4-panel' command in the
autostarted apps (Applications->Settings->Settings Manager->Autostarted
Apps).  This has prevented the problem from re-occuring on any of my
PCs.

(Maybe I should change the command to 'xfce4-panel --restart' ?)

Regards,
David


On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 06:40 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:31:46 -0500
> "Dagenais Georges" <Georges.Dagenais at loto-quebec.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I installed Xubuntu 8.10 this weekend (2 times) and after a few tests
> > and my kids fiddling around with it, I noticed that my user env
> > (admin) has lost its XFCE deskbars (top and bottom).
> > Also, I made a mistake and checked the automatic login using my user
> > upon initial config. Now I would rather have every one login at
> > startup.
> > 
> > 
> > My problems are : I cannot find the way to re-instate my deskbars and
> > undo the automatic login so that the user passw screen appears on boot
> > up. 
> > 
> > I have admin rights to the box but I don't have knowledge of the root
> > password; i.e.  I can't delete my user and try the fix the problem
> > manually.
> > 
> > Can anybody help? I already installed the software twice (about 6hrs
> > with updates each time) and would rather not go thru that again
> > anytime soon. 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Georges Dagenais
> > 
> 
> To change to manual login:
> Applications -> Settings -> Login Window
> Security Tab, uncheck Enable Automatic Login and uncheck Enable Timed
> Login
> 
> For the top and bottom panels:
>    1.     While Xfce is running, open a terminal.
>    2.     If you are using Xfce 4.4, type 'xfce4-panel -x' to cause the
> panel to exit.
>    3.     Start the panel again using 'xfce4-panel --restart'
> 
> -- 
> Charlie Kravetz 
> Linux Registered User Number 425914          [http://counter.li.org/]
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> 
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