Re: System locks
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On 02/04/2012 10:35 PM, lina wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:42 AM, Gilbert Sullivan <whirlygig@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi, Lina.
>>
>> Xfce occasionally corrupts its settings for an individual user. I and
>> others have found that this is more likely to happen immediately after
>> applying updates, of which there have been quite a few for Xfce recently.
>>
>
> Hi Gilbert,
>
>> I believe that the corruption occurs because most frequently because
>> Xfce is placed in some intermediate state by the upgrades that have just
>> been applied, and the user logs out or reboots with the "Save session
>> for future logins" checkbox enabled. So, the corrupted session gets saved.
>
> You are right. Before I was surprised why everytime I reboot it showed
> me the old terminal, not like restart, more like wake up from
> hilbernation,
> later I figured it out.
>
>>
>> Here's a brief procedure that was suggested to me by a member of the
>> Xfce community. It always works for me when this happens:
>>
>> 1. Reboot in recovery mode. (Hit <esc> key during grub splash, and
>> select recovery mode.)
>
> I entered from kernel (recover mode)
>>
>> 2. Log in to the recovery console with the root password.
>>
>> 3. Use su to change to the affected user id in the console. (su lina, in
>> this case)
>>
>> 4. From the command line delete $HOME/.cache/sessions/xfce4-session-*
>> where * will be the machine id:display number. (probably
>> /home/lina/.cache/sessions/xfce4-session-<your_machine_name>:0)
>
> I removed all inside the session part.
>
>>
>> 5. Reboot and bring up the system in the usual manner.
>
> It works.
>>
>> The above procedure can clear corruptions in the session settings
>> without removing most (any?) of your personally configured settings for
>> panels, desktop, etc. At worst it can do no harm. Xfce is capable or
>> re-creating the file you're deleting. I've never had to redo basic
>> configurations for the desktop after using the procedure.
>>
>> I hope that information is useful. If not, then it at least should not
>> cause you any further troubles.
>
> Thanks, it's very helpful.
>
That's good news. I'm glad the procedure worked for you.
Best regards,
Gilbert
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