[xubuntu-users] xwindow / xfcr crashing in 12.04?

[Joshua O'Leary]

On 24/06/12 12:51, Os Maleus wrote:
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> > Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:07:06 +0000 (UTC)
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> > Subject: [xubuntu-users] xwindow / xfcr crashing in 12.04?
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> > Hi,
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> > I clean-installed xubuntu 12.04 two months ago, and everything is 
> running perfect until last night.  I always turned off my machine 
> every night to save electricity, but when I started up my desktop this 
> morning xwindow and/or xfcr4 is not working properly (please see the 
> enclosed screen shoot for an illustration)
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> >    * the titlebars of all the windows (terminal, firefox, any 
> x-applications) are gone
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> >   * previously I set the background of the xfce4 panel to be 
> transparent; now it's solid
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> >   * previously I set two workspace, but the workspace widget now 
> shows just one, and it does not show any of the x-applications that is 
> currently running (I did check settings-->workspace and its   says 
> that I have two workspace, but under "name of workspace" it only says 
> "1" -- it used to say "1" and "2", I believe)
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> >   * I can no longer press-down-alt-and-right-click-mouse to change 
> the size of an existing x-window
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> >   * I used noscript in firefox, but when I right click the mouse to 
> adjust permission, I do see the right-click menu but as soon as I move 
> the mouse pointer the right-click menu is gone!  Interesting enough, I 
> don't have this problem in google chrome
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> >   * when I click on an x-window that's under another x-window, it no 
> longer pops up to the top.
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> >
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> > These are the main issues I've noticed so far; there might be others 
> I have not yet noticed.  You can see the first three issues in the 
> enclosed screen shoot.
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> >
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> > I don't remember doing anything unusual last night before I turned 
> off the machine -- it was a clean shutdown (via logout menu), I did 
> check for system update and there was none.   But there were signs of 
> x/xfc4 not working properly --  I used to have a xdaliclock clock 
> running on the top left hand corner, but a couple of weeks ago that 
> went haywire -- it started showing up literally in the middle of the 
> screen!  It might have happened after a update but I did not keep 
> track of it.  After fiddding with it it, I thought it was an issue 
> with xdaliclock and I let it slided.  Maybe not...
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> >
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> > I tried to restart xfce4 but I couldn't figure out how to do 
> that.  I do not mind deleting the current xfce profile/setting and 
> redo that again, but I really can't afford the time to reinstall the 
> machine (project deadline...)
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> >
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> > Any suggestions on what's the cause and how to fix it?  Right now 
> the only way I can close an x-window is to ctrl-alt-F1 to console and 
> kill it by hand, and the rest of the system is barely useable (for 
> reasons I outlined above).
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> >
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> > I love xubuntu -- I will never go back to unity! -- your help is 
> most appreciative.
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> >
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> > THANKS!
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> >
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> Hi,
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> have had the problem under earlier versions of Xubuntu. Solved it 
> somehow in the way that I was recreating my user profile or 
> reinstalling xfce4. If this doesn't help, You should try to reinstall. 
> This is not a general bug, but should be just an coincidently 
> happening mistake during the installation. Most of all, if it was 
> running on earlier releases of Xubuntu.
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Chances are, there is just a problem with user config and no need to 
reinstall or edit user accounts. Just run
rm -r ~/.config/xfce4
to reset all of xfce's user-based settings.

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