Comment 39 for bug 495361

Thanks for the info. If it reoccurs I will post the logs.

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Chris Bainbridge <
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> I have seen this bug on 12.04.
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> Title:
> [Xubuntu] No window manager at startup
>
> Status in The Metacity Window Manager:
> Invalid
> Status in Xfce4 window manager:
> Unknown
> Status in “xfwm4” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “xubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xfwm4
>
> Sometimes (twice for the last 3 or 4 reboots), I get no window manager
> at startupt.
>
> By that, I mean
> - no window borders (title, maximize, close,...)
> - window top left of screen
> - focus when mouse over the window (instead of clicking)
> - no panel, etc...
>
> I can Alt-F2 to run xfwm4 and everything goes fine. Panels are
> created, just as normal.
>
> I run an up to date 9.10 Xubuntu.
> xfwm4 version 4.6.1 (revision 29817) for Xfce 4.6.1
>
> I don't see anything relevant in the syslog and other logs.
>
> There is this dodgy line :
> "WARNING: Could not launch application 'metacity.desktop': Unable to
> start application: L'exécution du processus fils « metacity » a échoué
> (Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type)"
> But is it also there when it works, and anyway, I believe metacity is not
> xfwm4.
>
> Somehow, I'm kinda glad it is reproducible from times to times : Is
> there something I should try ? What information should I provide ?
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