Multiple instances of xfdesktop started simultaneously
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Xfce4 Desktop |
Confirmed
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Unknown
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xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
xfwm4 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
A recent upgrade (two-three days ago), resulted in the following problem:
1. XFCE session starts with flickering icons on desktop and multiple windows (attached) showing message "Unable to contact the Xfce Trash service."
2. Dozens (sometimes over 50) copies of xfdesktop process are started (see attached output of ps).
Killing all those xfdesktop processes results in absence of desktop wallpaper and icons, but at least the computer becomes usable. I also tried eliminating all but one xfdesktop entries in XFCE session configuration (Xfce4 Settings Manager -> Session and Startup -> Session tab), but on next login the same multiple xfdesktop processes are started again.
WORKAROUND:
1. open a terminal to do these commands
2. rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions
This will delete the Xfce4 saved sessions files for your user
3. restart the system, without saving the session when you hit Quit/restart
If that fails, please do steps 1 and 2 above, then continue here.
You may have to reset some custom configuration items, such as panels, if you apply this.
3. rm -rf ~/.config/
This will delete the Xfce4 saved desktop files for your user
4. restart the system, without saving the session when you hit Quit/restart
Another option is to try removing xsplash:
(you won't get the pretty fireflys after login)
sudo apt-get remove xsplash
Related branches
description: | updated |
Changed in xfdesktop: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
tags: | added: karmic |
Changed in xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Xubuntu Developers (xubuntu-dev) |
Changed in xfwm4 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Xubuntu Developers (xubuntu-dev) |
Changed in xfwm4 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Xubuntu Developers (xubuntu-dev) → nobody |
Changed in xfdesktop4 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Xubuntu Developers (xubuntu-dev) → nobody |
Changed in xfwm4 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Invalid |
description: | updated |
Thank you for your report and supporting documents. What version of Xubuntu are you using (you can find it with 'lsb_release -rd')?