xfce4 loses all settings (session) after logout

bolenjx · 2011-12-22 07:00:38

I just finished installing xfce 4.8 on Arch Linux and it seems that it won't save any changes I make to the panels and stuff.

I tried so many things like clearing my sessions folder, clicking "save session" button, checking the save session checkboxes, etc. but none of them works. Every time I logout, all settings are lost immediately so that when I login the next time, I'm basically asked if I want a default panel again.

Here's my setup:

Arch Linux
xdm as display manager

modified /etc/inittab to use these two lines:

id:5:initdefault:

....

x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon -config /etc/X11/xdm/archlinux/xdm-config

~/.cache/sessions is currently empty

contents of ~/.xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
exec startxfce4
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

Also chmod .xinitrc so that it's executable.

EDIT: Not sure if this is related but another problem is I can't open "File Manager". Every time I open it, the "Choose Preferred Application" box shows up and shows Thunar as an option but when I select it, nothing happens and it's still not selected.

Appreciate any help on this.

Last edited by bolenjx (2011-12-22 07:34:28)

Nick · 2011-12-22 08:40:11

Any warnings? Looks like for some reason the settings storage engine (xfconf) is not running or it cannot save to ~/.config

stqn · 2011-12-23 09:10:02

You should probably be using "exec ck-launch-session startxfce4" in your .xinitrc... But I dont know if that will help with your problem.

You could try to run "exo-preferred-applications" or "exo-open --launch FileManager" in a terminal to see if there's any error message.

Maybe check that files and directories in ~ do not belong to root and are not read only.

Jristz · 2011-12-24 03:30:50

I generaly run
exec ck-launch-sesion dbus-launch startxfce4
for dbus-launch you need dbus daeomon runing (and instaled)
for ck-launch-session you need polkit and consolekit (intaled both)

second I personaly recommend lxdm for desktop manager login
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/lxdm >& /dev/null

tree and final for well-know-icons-in-$HOME instal xdg-user-dirs and run xdg-user-dirs-update

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xfce4 loses all settings (session) after logout

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