Xfce Forums / Changing xubuntu desktop back to xfce default?(Solved)

Re: Changing xubuntu desktop back to xfce default?(Solved)

dummy@example.com (TomE) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:12:50 +0000

Try deleting /etc/skel/.config/xfce4/ if you got it

Re: Changing xubuntu desktop back to xfce default?(Solved)

dummy@example.com (Discodestroyer) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:32:06 +0000

Please add a [solved] to the front of the title.

thx

Re: Changing xubuntu desktop back to xfce default?(Solved)

dummy@example.com (Joey French) — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:08:26 +0000

Okay, so I see one thing after plumbing the depths of Xfce. I didn't have xffm installed, I had thunar. When I installed xffm, it pulled a whole bunch of icons, samba stuff, etc. into my setup, so it just "feels" more like the Xfce I know from a while back. And, rebuilding the panel took a bit, but hey, it is starting to come around. Kinda wish there was a file you could remove and set Xubuntu back to the Xfce default setup.

Thanks anyway,
Joey French

Re: Changing xubuntu desktop back to xfce default?(Solved)

dummy@example.com (SimonJ) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:34:33 +0000

I am guessing you mean the panel and applet positions.

Simple answer is to customise it.

Remove the panels completely and start from scratch. Once you have it set up, make a backup of your .config directory in case you re-install again.

Changing xubuntu desktop back to xfce default?(Solved)

dummy@example.com (Joey French) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:36:14 +0000

Hello all,
So I love xfce, always keep coming back to it on my desktop. So, I install xubuntu edgy on my machine, and when I log in, I get this heavily gnome-ified xfce that I hate to death. So, I install the 4.3.99r2 desktop, and when I get back to the desktop, it's still the same. So, I remove the .config files, remove xubuntu default setting, everything, but can't get the desktop that I so know and love. When I last used xubuntu on ubuntu (Hoary) , it was just the normal xfce desktop. Now, it looks like a weak gnome (tango icons, etc).

I want my real xfce desktop back!

For those wondering what I am bitching about, here is the good desktop:

...and here is the bad one:

Can someone please tell me how to get the standard xfce desktop back? I have even gone so far as to just do a server install (Ubuntu Edgy- Debian) and add the 4.3.99r2 install, but no joy. Help me please!

Thanks,
Joey French