xfce4 doesn't start at ubuntu hardy upgrade (gdm)
Bug #223295 reported by
garnett
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #232364: dbus-launch hangs at session start waiting on socket output in libxcb.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| xfce4-utils (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: xfce4-utils
Previously using xfce4 on ubuntu 7.10, I upgraded to hardy 8.04.
This upgrade operated smoothly but, at reboot, I cannot launch Xfce4 session from gdm.
I managed to solve this issue.
I changed line "Exec=startxfce4" to "Exec=xfce4-
A friend of mine in the same situation did the same update on this file and it worked well too.
I attach xfce4.desktop file.
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| garnett (nicolas-greneche) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in xfce4-utils: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
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How exactly were you unable to login? Did the login screen go away and nothing loaded? Could you still see and move the mouse around?