Comment 41 for bug 495361

A good suggestion, is in order? Re-install Xubuntu, and download all the Updates! That fixed my problems with Xubuntu.......Claude Duval <email address hidden>

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>]On Behalf Of
Esther Melander
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 8:31 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 495361] Re: [Xubuntu] No window manager at startup

This bug has shown up on 12.04 again. My system started up as described
above with the exception that I can click on the menu bar and close a
program by clicking on File -> close - just no title bar or window
decorations. In addition, the focus was not properly directed to open
windows and I could not type in my password in Keepass, for example, but
I could click on the cancel button. The top panel showed open windows
that I had previously closed. I was able to restore the window manager
by typing xfwm4 --replace in a terminal window. I can attach additional
logs if that would be helpful, just not sure which ones.

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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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