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dawgbizkit

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Registered: 2008-10-21

Posts: 2

Help, I gt a blank desktop!

I was in Fluxbox recently. While there, I made a few customizations. I don't remember what those were. However, it broke both fluxbox and XFCE. All I get in either is a flat grey desktop and a cursor. There is no response to any mouseclicks or keyboard input. The only way out is to manually shut down the computer. I can reboot into Gnome or KDE, but I no longer have functional ise of fluxbox or Xfce4.

I am running Sidux, Orea. I am sorry for not being able to provide more detail. Any help would be appreciated.

Gerry

dawgbizkit

Member

Registered: 2008-10-21

Posts: 2

Re: Help, I gt a blank desktop!

~~SOLVED!!~~

I was able to replicate the problem mentioned above. I was using Fluxbox, and had set the window manager to XFwm. When I reset it to XFCE, the problem disappeared,

Is this a bug? Or is XFwm supposed to be a lifeless screen that  doesn't seem to recognize input from either the mouse or keyboard?

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

Posts: 528

Re: Help, I gt a blank desktop!

All you did was start the stand alone window manager which by itself has no other function but to display x.

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