On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 00:23 +0200, Hein Zelle wrote: > Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > > > Just to be sure, are you using official debian packages from unstable ? > > Similar problem has been reported when using non-official packages we > > made available at xfce.corsac.net (i386), so maybe it's your case. > > Yes, I'm using the official packages from debian unstable. > > > Why not using the xfce4 xinitrc ? It'll configure the environnement, > > etc.. Maybe something is missing. I don't know how xdm handles startup > > script, but try to make it use "startxfce". > > I thought xfce4-session was the recommended way (and read below, it > works fine again) so I hadn't tried startxfce.
startxfce4 runs xfce4-session if it was found on the system, and runs a default environnment either. > > I've tried it and it didn't solve the problem directly, but it DID > lead me to the solution: > > The program iceauth lives in /usr/bin/X11 on my system these days, > just like several other programs on my system that appeared to be > "lost". After I switched to startxfce4, I noticed in my > xsession-errors that it couldn't find the iceauth program. I made a > link to /usr/bin/iceauth, and all is well again. on my system (debian unstable): [EMAIL PROTECTED]: which iceauth [~] /usr/bin/iceauth Maybe you missed an Xorg transition or something ? iceauth is in xbase-clients it may have moved from a path to another. > > I don't know what caused the move to /usr/bin/X11 (policy change?), > nor what is the right solution. I'm sure it's not symlinks in > /usr/bin ... Should I add /usr/bin/X11 to the system path somewhere? I guess it's Xorg 6.9 to 7 transition. Try to see here: http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg69To7 > > > If you need to tune it, you can copy /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc to > > ~/.xinitrc and edit it by hand. > > I've reverted to using xfce4-session, as it appears to work just as > well and doesn't try to start X at the beginning (since it is already > running). startxfce4 does try to do that, it seems. Yes, startxfce4 runs X if not running, and then set up the environnement, then tries to run xfce4-session if available. > > > And if you need to run some programs when entering desktop, there is an > > "Autostarted applications" available (menu, settings, autostarted > > applications) for your convenience (and session management should > > provide similar feature). > > I can't find that program in the menu: I only get the "settings > manager" under the "settings" menu. I don't see any options for > autostarting applications in the settings manager either. It's not in the settings manager in 4.4B1 (should be in 4.4B2 iirc). But you should have a list of configurable settings under the Settings item in the xfdesktop menu. You can also run xfce4-autostart-editor > > Thanks for your tips and help in solving the problem. Should I report > the bug as fixed to someone, or will you do that? Let's be sure there is no bug, then we'll take care of that :) Regards, -- Yves-Alexis Perez -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
