On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:17:10 +0100 Liam O'Toole <liam.p.oto...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It sounds like the process /usr/bin/xfdesktop is either crashing or > not being started at all. Try running it from a terminal emulator and > see what happens. Odd. charles@jhegaala:~$ ps aux | grep -i xfdesktop charles 6967 0.0 0.0 6208 892 pts/0 S+ 12:05 0:00 grep --colour=auto -i xfdesktop charles@jhegaala:~$ /usr/bin/xfdesktop ^Ccharles@jhegaala:~$ charles@jhegaala:~$ charles@jhegaala:~$ /usr/bin/xfdesktop & [2] 6998 charles@jhegaala:~$ [2]+ Done /usr/bin/xfdesktop charles@jhegaala:~$ ps aux | grep -i xfdesktop charles 6993 0.2 0.5 343876 42800 ? Sl 12:06 0:00 /usr/bin/xfdesktop --display :0.0 --sm-client-id 23ab9b5f6-ed53-412b-bb2e-359db48be225 charles 7081 0.0 0.0 6208 892 pts/0 S+ 12:09 0:00 grep --colour=auto -i xfdesktop charles@jhegaala:~$ I say "odd" because there's no apparent reason it shouldn't already be running. I now see xfdesktop in the list of session programs to start. I do not recall seeing it there before. I logged out, verified at a console that xfdesktop was not running, and logged back in again. It ran successfully at startup and is still running. I had "Save session for future logins" checked at the logout prompt. I conjecture that xfdesktop failed silently before I rebooted, and so was not saved when I rebooted, so it was not restarted. Thanks, that was the right clue. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
