Xfce freeze ups

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:46:14 -0700
ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> First on the blue rat icon with the X Xfce pop up, where
> is the version icon?  Why do I have to go to the command
> line and RPM to figure out what version I am on?
> The version icon should not be so obscured that it is not
> instantly accessible.

Version icon? I'm not sure what you mean... 

Put graphically into the icon "4.10" ? 

> $ rpm -qa xfce\*
> xfce4-session-engines-4.8.1-4.el6.x86_64
> 
> Okay, enough bitching (I just crashed and lost all
> my work, so I am a bit crabby -- sorry).
> 
> Is there FINALLY a new version of Xfce for Scientific
> Linux 6.4 (RHEL 6.4 clone)?

No. 

See:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/epel-devel/2013-September/008716.html

> For why I want this and why I am in crabby mood, see
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1009665
> 
> This crashing is as bad as any Windows machine I have
> ever seen.  Okay maybe not as bad as Vista or Frankenstein
> (W8), but still once a day is pretty bad.  Linux should
> only crash when you pour coffee on it or kick it over.

Can you get a login on a vty when this happens? 

Control-alt-f2

If so, look in ~/.xsession-errors and /var/log/Xorg.0.log

kevin


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