Comment 4 for bug 846407
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| Jim Stewart-Brown (jamcbrow1) wrote Re: Empty desktop on 11.10 beta 1 | #4 |
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I am getting the same problem. I had been using 11.04 Desktop amd64 with xrdp as well as 11.04 Xubuntu amd64 with vino. I was logging in from a WindowsXP machine using Windows Remote Desktop viewer, with no problems. With 11.10 Desktop amd64 and xrdp, I also get wallpaper and no window manager, just menubar. I cannot resize or move windows, the only way to close them is to use the close/quit option in the menu.
As a temporary workaround, I was able to ssh to my machine, and create launchers for Firefox, Gnome-Terminal, etc in the Desktop folder, although one could create a new document from the right click menu, then make in executable in "permissions"
It is similar to Using Alt+Tab to switch to the Desktop - you are stuck on the desktop with the launcher invisible until you mouse over it, until you Alt+Tab back. If you simply minimize the application, and see the desktop that way, you see the launcher regardless of your mouse position.