Can't Start xfwm4

[John Lowell]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your reply.

You know, at first, when I saw the rpm, I thought I was out of  luck with
your solution. I'm using Arch Linux and we don't use rpm. But then it dawned
on me what you were trying to get me to do: query the package to locate the
file. I ran pacman -Ql xfdesktop, located the right file
(/opt/xfce4/etc/xfce4/menu.xml), ran mkdir ~/.xinitrc/xfce4, created
~/.xinitrc/xfce4/menu.xml, did the copying and changed the appropriate
setting to "yes" and I've now got a way out of X from the rightclicked menu
in xfwm4! We're there!

One more question, however. When I startup mozilla 1.4 from this stand-alone
xfwm4 situation, it renders the mozilla interface entirely differently than
it does with the full xfce4 is installed. The fonts on the toolbars and
menus are much, much smaller and the font rendering not as good as with the
complete installation. I experience the same situation with fluxbox. Why is
it that the full installation of packages offers an improvement. Is this a
function of adding the panel package?

Truthfully, this difference was why I raised the question in the first
place. It is precisely this difference that caused me to see if I might
retain the better rendering of mozilla if I used xfwm4 instead of fluxbox.
But I'm getting the impression that something inherent in the full boat of
packages accounts is responsible and not xfwm4 alone.

John Lowell






----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Klemmer" <klemmerj at webtrek.com>
To: "XFce is a lightweight desktop environment for various UNIX systems."
<xfce at xfce.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Can't Start xfwm4


> On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:28, John Lowell wrote:
>
> > OK, we're definitely making progress. But, Jasper, I have a question for
you
> > about the cp /etc/xfce4/menu.xml ~/.xfce4/menu.xml that you suggested I
> > perform so as to add the capability of being able to exit X. I have no
such
> > file or directory /etc/xfce4/menu.xml. You know, I even checked the full
> > install of the xfce4 DE that I have on another machine and it shows no
such
> > file or directory either. So I wonder if my distro is missing some
package
> > needed both for the full xfce4 install and what we're trying to achieve
in
> > this case with just the desktop. What package generates
/etc/xfce4/menu.xml?
> > If we have it, I'll install it from our respository.
>
> It's in xfdesktop.
>
> $ rpm -qf /etc/xfce4/menu.xml
> xfdesktop-3.99.3-1
>
> > Anyway, as I mentioned, were making progress. Thanks to you, Joe and
> > Olivier.
>
> I'm glad that things are moving in a positive direction.  :-)
>
> --
> Joe Klemmer <klemmerj at webtrek.com>
> Unix System/Network Administrator & Ad Hoc Programmer
>
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