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tomlenegg

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SOLVED: XFWM4 doesn't start - XFEC 4.4, OpenSuse 10.2

Hi all,

I have just installed XFCE 4.4 on OpenSuse 10.2.

All works fine apart from the fact that xfwm4 does not start automatically when I log in.

I have to open a terminal and type xfwm4, after which everything works properly.

Any ideas what might be going wrong or how I can fix it?

Many thanks

Tom

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Re: SOLVED: XFWM4 doesn't start - XFEC 4.4, OpenSuse 10.2

Start Xfce using Run Program (Alt + F2) -> xfwm4 and exit Xfce with saving you're session afterwards. If this doesn't work: run xfwm4 inside a terminal and see is there are some weird warnings/errors.

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tomlenegg

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Re: SOLVED: XFWM4 doesn't start - XFEC 4.4, OpenSuse 10.2

Hi - I solved this by adding xfwm4 into autostarted applications.

I think I have bigger issues though - when I initially did the installation using the GUI Installer, it failed half way through. So I decided instead to install the OpenSuse 10.2 rpms. Which seemed to work, but I now realise I have some missing components (I only have 12 options in the Settings Manager window, I believe I should have more than that...)

So I think I have a kind of half installed system!

Might uninstall and try again....

Thanks for your help though...

Tom

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Re: SOLVED: XFWM4 doesn't start - XFEC 4.4, OpenSuse 10.2

Here is a list of all the buttons in the mcs manager, provided by which package:

xfdesktop: Desktop
xfce-mcs-plugins: Display, File manager, Keyboard, Mouse, Screen saver (is you have one), User Interface
xfwm4: Window Manager, Window Manager Tweaks, Workspaces and Margins
xfce4-panel: Panel
notification-daemon-xfce: Notification Settings
xfce4-mixer: Sound
xfce4-session: Splash Screen, Sessions and Startup
exo: Preferred Applications

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Re: SOLVED: XFWM4 doesn't start - XFEC 4.4, OpenSuse 10.2

I only have the following buttons in the mcs manager:

Desktop
Display
File Manager
Keyboard
Mouse
Orage
Panel
Preferred Apps
Sessions and Statup
Sound
Splash Screen
User Interface

I have all of those packages installed:

tubby:/home/tome/Downloads # rpm -qa | grep xf
xfce-mcs-manager-devel-4.4.0-4.2
xfce4-panel-plugin-battery-0.5.0-16.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-systemload-0.4.2-16.1
xfprint-devel-4.4.0-11.2
libxfce4mcs-devel-4.4.0-7.2
xfce4-panel-plugin-genmon-3.1-16.1
xfce4-session-devel-4.4.0-4.2
libxfce4util-devel-4.4.0-9.1
libxfcegui4-devel-4.4.0-20.2
xfce4-panel-4.4.0-7.2
xfce4-panel-plugin-datetime-0.4.1-16.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-mpc-0.3.1-16.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-wavelan-0.5.4-16.1
xfce4-session-4.4.0-4.2
xfce4-taskmanager-0.4.0_rc2-5.1
xfce4-mixer-4.4.0-4.1
libxfce4mcs-4.4.0-7.2
xfce-mcs-manager-4.4.0-4.2
gtk-xfce-engine-2.4.0-3.1
xfce4-panel-devel-4.4.0-7.2
xfce4-panel-plugin-diskperf-2.1.0-16.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-netload-0.4.0-16.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-weather-0.6.0-16.1
xfce-mcs-plugins-4.4.0-2.5
pyxfce-4.3.91-11.1
xfce4-appfinder-4.4.0-4.2
xfprint-4.4.0-11.2
xfce4-mixer-devel-4.4.0-4.1
libxfcegui4-4.4.0-20.2
xfce4-panel-plugin-eyes-4.4.0-16.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-xkb-0.4.3-16.1
notification-daemon-xfce-0.3.6-9.3
xfce4-dev-tools-4.4.0-2.6
xfsprogs-2.8.11_1-11
libxfce4util-4.4.0-9.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-clipman-0.8.0-16.1
xfce4-panel-plugin-verve-0.3.4-16.1
xfce4-desktop-4.4.0-19.1
xfwm4-4.4.0-5.1

and ...

tubby:/home/tome/Downloads # rpm -qa | grep exo
exo-devel-0.3.2-6.3
exo-0.3.2-6.3

Any ideas why the plugins aren't showing up even though they are seemingly installed?