Bug#422455: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#422455: xfce4: xfwm4 doesn't start automatically

[Gaetano Guerriero]

Simon Huggins wrote:
> tags 422455 unreproducible moreinfo
> thanks
> 
> On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 06:01:43AM +0200, Gaetano Guerriero wrote:
>> When I start xfce4, xfwm4 doesn't start with it, and I am left with no
>> window manager ( no window borders, unmovable windows ).  If I
>> manually start xfwm4 in a terminal within xfce4, the problem is
>> corrected.
> 
> xfwm4 has always started for me.
> 
> Was this the first time that you had installed xfce4 that xfwm4 didn't
> start?
> If not did you upgrade from a previous version of xfce4/xfwm4?  Which?
> 
> How did you start it?  (gdm, kdm, xdm or something like startx etc)
> 
> Can you give me the results of:
> ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
> 
> If you have a .config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc please send it to
> this bug report likewise please send your
> /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc 
> 
> Is it possible that somehow you managed to save the session without the
> window manager running?
> 
> Is there anything strange about your system that you should tell us?
> 
> Simon.
> 
I'll try to give more info.  I'm not a xfce4 user and I just wanted to
give it a try.
I did 'aptitude install xfce4' and the following packets were
installed:

dbus-1-utils desktop-base desktop-file-utils gtk2-engines-xfce
libexo-0.3-0 libtagc0 libthunar-vfs-1-2 libxfce4mcs-client3
libxfce4mcs-manager3 libxfce4util4 libxfcegui4-4 mousepad orage thunar
xfce4-icon-theme xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-mixer
xfce4-mixer-alsa xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfce4-terminal xfce4-utils
xfdesktop4 xfmedia xfprint4 xfwm4 xfwm4-themes xfce4.

xfce4 doesn't start his window manager. I tried to launch it with gdm,
from console with startxfce4, and by putting 'exec xfce4-session' in
~/.xinitrc.





ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager:
====================================================================
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2007-05-06 05:36
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager -> /usr/bin/xfce4-session
===================================================================



/etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc:
===================================================================
# $Id: xfce4-session.rc 23542 2006-10-28 13:23:00Z benny $
#
# Default xfce4-session configuration file.
#
# Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Benedikt Meurer <benny at xfce.org>
# All rights reserved.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
# 02111-1307, USA.
#


[General]
SessionName=Default
SessionName[de]=Standard
SessionName[ja]=標準

# Disable management of remote clients by default. The user
# has to explicitly enable this for security reasons.
DisableTcp=True


# This the default session launched by xfce4-session if the user
# hasn't saved any session yet or creates a new session.
  [Failsafe Session]
Count=4
Client0_Command=xfwm4
Client0_PerScreen=False
Client1_Command=xfce4-panel
Client1_PerScreen=False
Client2_Command=Thunar,--daemon
Client2_PerScreen=False
Client3_Command=xfdesktop
Client3_PerScreen=False
==================================================================


~/.config/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc:
==================================================================
[General]
SessionName=Default
SaveOnExit=false
=================================================================