Desktop backgrounds/xfdesktop

[Warren Block]

On Mon, 4 Mar 2013, Olivier Duchateau wrote:

> Now, with the latest release of x11-wm/xfce4-desktop (4.10.1),
> wallpapers searched for in /usr/local/share/backgrounds/xfce/ and like
> Xfce <= 4.8 /usr/local/share/xfce4/backdrops/  this is new with this
> release. If no wallpaper was specified, of course.

pkg_info -W confirmed that all the files in 
/usr/local/share/xfce4/backdrops/ were leftovers, so I removed that 
directory.

>> By messing around with it, I somehow broke my entire xfdesktop, and now
>> there is just a gray background with no desktop icons, and the logout button
>> does not log out.  The panel works, and keyboard shortcuts and everything
>> else.
>
> I think, xfce4-settings is missing (I had same problem, but wallpaper
> was ok). If you have log somewhere (in your $HOME, or /var/log
> directory), it's better.

Removing the backdrops directory was all it took, the desktop is back 
and working normally now.

Thanks!