Missing window decoration

[Olivier Duchateau]

2012/5/30 Radek Krejča <radek.krejca at starnet.cz>:
> Hi, thank you for quick response, so here is my answers.
>
>
>> > I have problem with missing window decoration. I have updated xfce to
>> 4.10 and I lost 3 times windows decoration this week. After start xfce
>> and login is decoration missing.
>> >
>> > Google says that I should remove settings xfce folder. Yes it helps
>> but for while. When I set up everything, I lost settings I am very
>> angry.
>>
>> Have you try with Xfce settings manager ?
>
> Yes, but everything about window manager doesnt start. I click on it, but no reaction.
>
>>
>> >
>> > Some tech. information:
>> >
>> > FreeBSD 9.0 amd64
>> > Fresh ports
>> > xfce starting via gdm (with this option is missing dependency for
>> gnome-keyring)
>>
>> Yes in x11-wm/xfce4-session, gnome-keyring is disabled, it's
>> intentional, because this library will be removed in next update
>> version.
>
> Thank you for information I am newbie in xfce I came from gnome.
>
>>
>> I hope, it's not gdm3. If yes, you must patch
>> x11-themes/gtk-xfce-engine, because it's support only GTK2 theme.
>>
>> Could you test with Xdm.
>> If you want to use it, copy /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc in you
>> $HOME (.xinitrc) and add symlink for ~/.xsession.
>>
>
> I will try it, thank you.
>
>> And if you lost again windows decoration, could you post ~/.xsession-
>> errors.
>
> I have deleted user and create it again, so it is working at this moment. But I have .xsession-errors when it has been broken, so here is:
>
> /usr/local/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
> FreeBSD is started up by the program 'init'.  The first thing init does when
> starting multiuser mode (ie, starting the computer up for normal use) is to
> run the shell script /etc/rc.  By reading /etc/rc and the /etc/rc.d/ scripts,
> you can learn a lot about how the system is put together, which again will
> make you more confident about what happens when you do something with it.
> /usr/local/etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- startxfce4
> /usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0
> xfce4-session-Message: ssh-agent is already running
>
> (xfce4-panel:3125): xfce4-panel-CRITICAL **: Plugin minicmd: There was no module found at "/usr/local/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/lib/usr/local/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libminicmd.so.so"
>
> (xfce4-panel:3125): xfce4-panel-CRITICAL **: Plugin quicklauncher: There was no module found at "/usr/local/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/lib/usr/local/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libquicklauncher.so.so"
>
> (xfce4-session:3112): Wnck-CRITICAL **: wnck_workspace_activate: assertion `WNCK_IS_WORKSPACE (space)' failed
> xfsettingsd: No window manager registered on screen 0.
>
> (xfsettingsd:3127): xfsettingsd-WARNING **: Failed to get the _NET_NUMBER_OF_DESKTOPS property.
> xfce4-panel: No window manager registered on screen 0. To start the panel without this check, run with --disable-wm-check.
>
> (xfce4-session:3112): Wnck-CRITICAL **: wnck_workspace_get_number: assertion `WNCK_IS_WORKSPACE (space)' failed
>
>
> Missing module is interesting, because I tried to compile and install theese ports again with the same message.

In first time, could you disable quicklauncher-plugin and minicmd-plugin.

Please, could you replace in /usr/local/etc/gdm/Sessions/XFce4 file this line:

startxfce4

by

startxfce4 --with-ck-launch

and post your ~/.xsession-errors

>
> Thank you
> Radek



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olivier