On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 11:53:11AM -0700, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote: > Folk, > > This morning I updated a Lenny system which has > XFCE4. After the update the desktop background > was a black & white houndstooth pattern and the > desktop menu was gone. The panels remained > operational. > > Someone please explain why this happens and what > repair is recommended. Removing and reinstalling > the account seems more drastic than necessary. my memory is that sometimes, on upgrades, xfce *unchecks* the "Allow xfce to manage desktop" option in one of the preference screens. I don't remember which one it's in, but there are only a few. I seem to recall that just rechecking that option fixes it right up. A
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