[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 690] xfce4 4.2 does not start properly

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http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=690





------- Additional Comments From bjt23 at cornell.edu  2005-01-17 19:16 UTC -------


(In reply to comment #10)
> some more facts to consider: 
>  
> 1. no other gtk-based software i use has such problems with the gtk-qt engine 
> (namely all of gnome, and gimp 2.0.x)

not really relevant.  different software behaves differently.
 
> 2. xfce4.2 rc2 and rc3 worked just fine, _with_ the gtk-qt engine. 

this points even more at the theme engine: there were very very few changes
between RC3 and final; mainly translations and theme changes (and since you're
not using the xfce theme engine, they don't matter here).

> 3. some of the programs that crash/exit dont even have a gui (xfce-mcs-manager 
> for example). 

xfce-mcs-manager does indeed have a GUI; it's just not visible on startup.

if you can get a backtrace of a failing app, that would be the most useful. 
please see http://gaim.sf.net/gdb.php for a quick example on how to use gdb. 
note that you'll need the desktop running while you're doing this.  a crashed
part of xfce can be started from a terminal, or, if absolutely necessary, a
console (by setting DISPLAY=:0).

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