Desktop is broken after update

fork · 2024-10-26 04:20:43

Hello,

I ran a apt update and upgrade today and on reboot my Xfce desktop environment is very broken. On boot I get the usual panel with Applications, show desktop, the clock etc but no actual desktop. The windows don't have the thing across the top where I can minimize/close them and I also can't resize any windows. Some windows (such as Thunar) I can move, but if I open a terminal I cannot move or resezie it. There is also no desktop so to speak - I can't right click on it.

If I go to terminal and type xfwm4 I get my desktop back with icons and I can right click however now I've lost my panel with Applications, show desktop, the clock etc. The issue still persists where I have no close/minimize on windows and I can't resize them. Again Thunar can be moved, but terminal cannot.

When I type xfwm4 into a terminal I get the following message:
```
did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1
failed to load driver: zink
did not find extension DRI_Mesa version 1
failed to load driver: swrast

(xfwm4:4456): xfwm4-WARNING **: 16:14:06.153: Could not create GLX context.

(xfwm4:4456): Gdk-WARNING **: 16:14:06.153: The program 'xfwm4' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
(Details: serial 1822 error_code 2 request_code 152 (GLX) minor_code 24)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
```
I don't fully understand this error and I am not going to try and debug something as complex as xfce.

I have tried apt install --reinstall xfwm4 but nothing changed.

I have also cleared out ~/.cache/sessions which has not changed anything.

I I open Settings and try to go to Windows Manager or Windows Manager Tweaks nothing happens. Other settings like Panel or Desktop seem to work.

Any and all suggestions are welcome.

EDIT:
I figured out that Windows Manager Tweaks is in fact xfwm4-tweaks-settings. But when I run this through termianl I get back:
```
These settings cannot work with your current window manager (unknown)
```

Last edited by fork (2024-10-26 04:25:16)

eriefisher · 2024-10-26 11:38:36

If you read the error you have an Xserver issue not a xfwm4 problem. Looks like your missing a couple drivers. Did they get removed during your last upgrade/update?

fork · 2024-10-27 03:30:01

Turns out there were some upgrades which were "held back" when I ran apt upgrade (I didn't now about this held back thing). I ran an apt-get dist-upgrade and it fixed everything.

I don't think they got removed, I think it was new dependencies that were being held back.

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Desktop is broken after update

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