Re: XFCE session problem SOLVED
On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:17:10 +0100
Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
> It sounds like the process /usr/bin/xfdesktop is either crashing or
> not being started at all. Try running it from a terminal emulator and
> see what happens.
Odd.
charles@jhegaala:~$ ps aux | grep -i xfdesktop
charles 6967 0.0 0.0 6208 892 pts/0 S+ 12:05 0:00 grep --colour=auto -i xfdesktop
charles@jhegaala:~$ /usr/bin/xfdesktop
^Ccharles@jhegaala:~$
charles@jhegaala:~$
charles@jhegaala:~$ /usr/bin/xfdesktop &
[2] 6998
charles@jhegaala:~$ [2]+ Done /usr/bin/xfdesktop
charles@jhegaala:~$ ps aux | grep -i xfdesktop
charles 6993 0.2 0.5 343876 42800 ? Sl 12:06 0:00 /usr/bin/xfdesktop --display :0.0 --sm-client-id 23ab9b5f6-ed53-412b-bb2e-359db48be225
charles 7081 0.0 0.0 6208 892 pts/0 S+ 12:09 0:00 grep --colour=auto -i xfdesktop
charles@jhegaala:~$
I say "odd" because there's no apparent reason it shouldn't already be
running.
I now see xfdesktop in the list of session programs to start. I do not
recall seeing it there before. I logged out, verified at a console that
xfdesktop was not running, and logged back in again. It ran
successfully at startup and is still running.
I had "Save session for future logins" checked at the logout prompt. I
conjecture that xfdesktop failed silently before I rebooted, and so
was not saved when I rebooted, so it was not restarted.
Thanks, that was the right clue.
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