<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial;}</style></head><body>----- Original Message ----- From: Joshua O'Leary <joshua.oleary@btinternet.com> To: xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:55:40 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] xwindow / xfcr crashing in 12.04? <div class="moz-cite-prefix ">On 24/06/12 12:51, Os Maleus wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1410017.kWttJDZWfi@maleus2"> margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">On Sunday 24 June 2012 10:31:00 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> wrote: margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Message: 1 margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:07:06 +0000 (UTC) margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:newcontact@comcast.net" target="_blank">newcontact@comcast.net</a> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Subject: [xubuntu-users] xwindow / xfcr crashing in 12.04? margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Message-ID: margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:110202835.1377751.1340381226040.JavaMail.root@sz0149a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net" target="_blank"><110202835.1377751.1340381226040.JavaMail.root@sz0149a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net></a> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Hi, margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> 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) margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> * the titlebars of all the windows (terminal, firefox, any x-applications) are gone margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> * previously I set the background of the xfce4 panel to be transparent; now it's solid margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> * 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) margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> * I can no longer press-down-alt-and-right-click-mouse to change the size of an existing x-window margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> * 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 margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> * when I click on an x-window that's under another x-window, it no longer pops up to the top. margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> 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. margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> 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... margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> 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...) margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> 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). margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> I love xubuntu -- I will never go back to unity! -- your help is most appreciative. margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> THANKS! margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Hi, margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">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. margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for your reply. I just rm -r ~/.config/xfce4 but the same problem remains (no title bar for windows, loss mouse focus...). Since I first emailed the mailing list I noticed a couple of additional (symptoms of the) problems: When I go to Settings --> Setting Manager --> Window Manager Tweaks Settings --> Setting Manager --> Window Manager I got nothing! These twos are the only ones not working. The first reply suggests that I reinstall xfce4. How would I do that -- e.g. use ubuntu software center? synaptic? Thanks!!! </body></html>