xfce4 freezes on exit

[David A Thompson]

xfce4 (most recent release, although I experienced this problem intermittently 
with earlier versions) freezes when I shut it down using the 'Exit' option 
from (what I believe is) xfce4-panel.

I'm running it on RedHat 9. This freezing problem occurs when I start up with 
the "startxfce4" script and then use it extensively. It doesn't freeze if I 
exit immediately after starting up via startxfce4. ctrl-alt-backspace doesn't 
kill X once things are (apparently) frozen. It makes it all the way to a 
black, empty screen before freezing. I don't have this problem with xfwm4 if 
I just start it up directly using xinit.

Any suggested steps for diagnosing where the problem lies?

Thanks for your time and assistance. Apologies if this is a "dumb-dumb" 
question or has already been answered and I just overlooked the answer.

David Thompson


PS Thanks for the great stuff -- xfce4 is really classy -- I've almost stopped 
using fvwm (I gave up on most other wms a while ago).
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