On 4/28/20 10:08 AM, sean darcy wrote:
On 4/27/20 6:33 PM, stan via users wrote:
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:42:52 -0400 sean darcy seandarcy2@gmail.com wrote:
I am just guessing here, since I don't know what the problem is.
<property name="use_compositing" type="bool" value="true"/>
What happens if you comment or remove this line? This is the only line in your configuration file that seems to have something to do with the error you are seeing.
Ed's suggestion is also good, though you already know that the issue is with your configuration file, since everything is OK when you don't use it.
Is it possible that some of the other properties you set are no longer valid, or have different options or effects than you have been using? Long shot, since XFCE should put an error in journalctl when you try to start the desktop if that is true.
What happens if you boot to multiuser, and start XFCE manually from a virtual console (other than tty1)? Does it show any errors in the console?
startxfce4
Thanks for all the responses.
Changing "use_compositing" to "false" makes the problem go away.
a new user does not have this problem.
The new user xfwm4 has Use_compositing set to "true" !!!
starting xfce4 from tty3 has the problem, and only shows an error on
the console about screensaver authorization.
So why does xfce4 work with compositing set to true for a new user, but not for me ?
sean
And if I delete ~/.config/xfce4 completely, there's no problem.
But, if I log out, then restart - BOOM.
Very puzzled.
sean