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#1 2014-09-06 01:08:41

Gerryman
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From: Califusion
Registered: 2012-03-23
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Desktop manager is not active.

I'm running Xubuntu 14.04.1 with XFCE 4.10.

Just today I started having this little window come up right after login:


screenshot-09052014-054613pm.png



I don't know if this is a XFCE problem, or a Xubuntu problem. I thought I'd start here since it says "Desktop manager ... ". After login is complete everything seems to be okay. I don't know what caused this to come up. I think I installed some updates earlier today, but I don't remember what they were.



Any ideas?


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#2 2014-09-06 02:03:46

ToZ
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Re: Desktop manager is not active.

Doesn't look like an Xfce dialog box that I've ever seen - probably from some program.

With that dialog up, open a terminal window and run:

xprop

...the cursor will change into a + sign. Click the mouse on that dialog.

In the terminal window, a bunch of information will display. The last bit referencing the WM strings might help to identify the program.

Which apps do you have set to autostart?


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#3 2014-09-06 05:16:10

Gerryman
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From: Califusion
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Re: Desktop manager is not active.

Your post made me think, so I checked in the autostart folder. I forgot that i had copied a .desktop file into there that was supposed to randomly change the wallpaper. I moved it out, that's what was doing it. I'll have to troubleshoot that a little more.

Thanks for the mind jogger.


Lenovo X140e 11.6" Netbook; AMD A4 64bit CPU, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500 GB HDD;
AMD 64bit CPU, ASUS MB, 12MB RAM - Homemade Desktop
Xubuntu - Homemade desktop; UbuntuStudio - Lenovo X140e

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#4 2014-09-06 05:43:39

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Re: Desktop manager is not active.

I cannot help with your started problem, but for the "I can't remember what I installed/upgraded" one, run Synaptic Package Manager and select File / History. It lists installed, upgraded, and removed packages by date.

I've found SPM to be a very useful app, and the above is just one of the reasons why.

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MDM


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#5 2014-09-06 13:58:24

Gerryman
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From: Califusion
Registered: 2012-03-23
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Re: Desktop manager is not active.

MountainDewManiac wrote:

"run Synaptic Package Manager and select File / History. It lists installed, upgraded, and removed packages by date."


Wow! Thank you for that info, never knew about it.

Does that include packages installed by apt-get?

Last edited by Gerryman (2014-09-06 14:02:27)


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#6 2014-09-06 20:57:53

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Re: Desktop manager is not active.

Unfortunately, no, it doesn't (AfaIK).

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MDM


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