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dnf group list?
by ToddAndMargo 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

Hi All. Fedora 43 This does not seems to find the Xfce4's group any more: # dnf group list | grep -i xfce It use to show "Xfce Desktop". What is the proper command? @xfce-desktop-environment does exist. But how to show it with "dnf list"? Many thanks, -T

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Xfce and Fedora 43?
by ToddAndMargo 22 Oct '25

22 Oct '25

Fedora 43 xfce4-4.18.6-2.fc41.x86_64 Is there xfce for FC43 on our near future?

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Cascade Windows?
by ToddAndMargo 21 Oct '25

21 Oct '25

Hi All, Does Xfce have a cascade windows functions like this API call in Windows? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/nf-winuser-casc… Many thanks, -T

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Where are the mouse themes read?
by ToddAndMargo 15 Aug '25

15 Aug '25

Hi All, Fedora 41 Xfce 4.18 I have been reading through https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/-/tree/master/dialogs/mouse-set… to try and figure out where mouse settings is reading the installed themes shown in the red block here: https://ibb.co/SDbj64kD I think is might start with line 542, if (xfce_rc_has_group (rc, "Icon Theme")) but I am thoroughly confused. Are the installed mouse themes not stored in a file somewhere or an X11 call that will list them? Yours in confusion, -T

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FC42 Live UEFI issue
by ToddAndMargo 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Will this be fixed in the future? Merely booting some Live media (especially Fedora 42) adds an entry to the UEFI boot table https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/merely-booting-some-live-media-espec… Fedora 42 kiwi-built live images contain shim fallback executable, so they create 'Fedora' EFI boot manager entries on boot, and show a 'Boot Option Restored' screen if TPM is enabled https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2358785 And how will we know if it is fixed? Many thanks, -T

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Fedora 42 and XFCE 4.20 TLC
by fetch 22 Feb '25

22 Feb '25

Hi all! XFCE 4.20 is in Fedora 42, woo! I was thinking this would be a good time to do some TLC on the website/docs. For instance: * Update the spins (https://fedoraproject.org/spins/xfce) page with a more recent screenshot and update the list of installed applications * * Abiword is no longer included, for example. Should we switch that and Gnumeric to LibreOffice? I personally quite like Gnumeric, so maybe find an alternate writer? * * I've made a screenshot from Fedora 42 Rawhide 20250204.n.0 in the same spirit as the current example: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Screenshot_2025-02-06_14-18-50.png'. I can add that if someone wouldn't mind reminding me how to update the spins.fedoraproject.org page (: * I've also edited https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xfce (only for English, sorry :/). If you happen to glance over it let me know if I've missed anything! * I think updating the Live CD page (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Xfce/XfceLive) might be a good idea as I heard other spins are moving to kiwi for their image generation; might be handy to include the new stuff (: Thanks, Sean FAS:seaninspace

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Xfce 4.20 for F42/Rawhide?
by Neal Gompa 21 Feb '25

21 Feb '25

Hey folks, Xfce 4.20~pre1 released this week[1], and I was wondering if we're going to have it land in Rawhide anytime soon? I'd especially like to get libxfce4windowing updated (which requires updating the xfce4-dev-tools package) to unblock Budgie desktop work too. If we're not ready yet to get the full desktop updated (presumably you may want to have a Change document for Xfce 4.20?), can we get xfce4-dev-tools updated so I can update libxfce4windowing? [1]: https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost_11.html -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth!

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Can't start from ligntdm
by ToddAndMargo 01 Nov '24

01 Nov '24

Hi All, Fedora 40 xfce 4.18 I cannot start xfce from lightdm. It tried, give me a bunch of errors about xinit: unable to connect to x server But xfce starts fine from the command lien with startx ?????????? Many thanks, -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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xfce start issues
by ToddAndMargo 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

Hi All, Fedora 40 Xfce 4.18 Yes, I have googles (search.brave.com) this. Xfce won't start with startxfce4 but will with startx. This is the xinit (same as the startxfce4 error) error I am getting: $ xinit (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. (EE) (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. (EE) No protocol specified xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Resource temporarily unavailable xinit: server error removing /tmp/.X0-lock does no good. I put some echo's in both startx and startxfce4 to see what the difference is: startxfce4: if [ -f $BASEDIR/xinitrc ]; then echo "exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}" > /tmp/startxfce4.if.run.string.txt exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num} elif [ -f $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc ]; then mkdir -p $BASEDIR cp $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc $BASEDIR/ echo "exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}" > /tmp/startxfce4.elsif.run.string.txt exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num} else echo "exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}" > /tmp/startxfce4.else.run.string.txt exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num} fi startxfce4.else.run.string.txt: exec xinit /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc -- vt3 vt3 startx.run.string.txt: xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- /usr/bin/X :1 vt2 -keeptty -auth /home/todd/.serverauth.9909 And this shows up like a soar thumb in startxfce4: I DO NOT have a /etc/xdg directory. But I do now: Reinstalled: xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.11-4.fc40.x86_64 xdg-utils-1.2.1-1.fc40.noarch xfce-polkit-0.3-12.fc40.x86_64 xfce4-panel-4.18.6-1.fc40.x86_64 xfce4-power-manager-4.18.4-1.fc40.x86_64 xfce4-session-4.18.4-2.fc40.x86_64 xfce4-settings-4.18.6-1.fc40.x86_64 Still won't start startxfce4 with the same errors. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Many thanks, -T

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xfce HiDPI, 4.19, wayland
by Ken Dreyer 12 Jun '24

12 Jun '24

I got a new HiDPI laptop, and GDK_SCALE=2 makes things more bearable with Fedora 40's Xfce 4.18, but it's almost too "big". I would love something half-way between GDK_SCALE=1 and 2. What are other people doing about Xfce on HiDPI screens? I'm also wondering if anyone has tried Xfce 4.19 on Fedora yet? What packages did you need to modify from what is already in Fedora 40? Did you get it running with Wayland? - Ken

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