[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#632404: xfwm4: no longer starts after xfce4 upgrade; possible interaction with gnome-terminal?
Package: xfwm4
Version: 4.8.1-3
Severity: normal
Since recent upgrade of xfce4 etc. to 4.8.1, xfwm4 no longer starts on login even though it is set to start "immediately" in the session settings preferences.
When it does start, I think it may be interacting oddly with gnome-terminal. I filed a bug against gnome-terminal thinking it was that but now I'm not so sure. All windows for gnome-terminal shrink to almost nothing - just one or two spaces in additon to the prompt text. They mostly shrink upwards and then leftwards. Sometimes resizing them works for only a second before it repeats. Clicks from primary mouse button are ignored. Close buttons in preferences dialogues cannot be selected by mouse (works in "about" dialogue). This doesn't seem to affect other windows, so I assumed it was the update of gnome-terminal but because I'm seeing terminal windows start with no window manager, it is clear the resizing oddness occurs when xfwm4 is started.
Until recent updates of xfce4 to 4.8.1 etc. and gnome-terminal to 3.0.1, everything worked more-or-less beautifully. So although I'm very, very new to linux, I don't think this is (simple) user error which I would normally assume!
All packages installed are from wheezy as far as I can tell. (I've never specified sid.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-2-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages xfwm4 depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.94-2 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.23.3-3 GDK Pixbuf library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.4-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.3-6 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libstartup-notification0 0.12-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libwnck22 2.30.4-3 Window Navigator Construction Kit
ii libx11-6 2:1.4.3-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.3-2 X11 Composite extension library
ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.3-2 X11 damaged region extension libra
ii libxext6 2:1.3.0-3 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfce4ui-1-0 4.8.0-2 widget library for Xfce
ii libxfce4util4 4.8.1-3 Utility functions library for Xfce
ii libxfconf-0-2 4.8.0-3 Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii libxfixes3 1:5.0-4 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxrandr2 2:1.3.1-2 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.6-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
Versions of packages xfwm4 recommends:
ii librsvg2-common 2.34.0-1 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii xfwm4-themes 4.6.0-3 Theme files for xfwm4
Versions of packages xfwm4 suggests:
ii xfce4 4.8.0.2 Meta-package for the Xfce Lightwei
-- no debconf information
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