xfwm4 segmentation fault in new CVS on Debian Sarge

[Jeff Hill]

I expect the seg fault is due to missing xml setting files: gtk.xml,
keyboard.xml, mouse.xml, xffm.xml and xfwm4.xml. It seems they are
supposed to be created when building and installing Xfce4, but it doesn't
happen on Debian.

Xfce4 comes up, sans splash screen, but crashes the moment I try to start
anything. I've tried on Debian (both Sarge (testing) and Sid (unstable)).

I know this is essentially a repeat of an earlier problem I posted, but
thought I had Xfce4 running okay last week from the .deb package version.
Unfortunately, I could never get that version to start a second time; it
constantly crashed showing error messages similar to those below.

I've spent two weeks, off and on, googling and reading everything I can
about Xfce4. There is scant information about the xml files, and I'm no
programmer, so my efforts in looking at the source code have been useless.

Xfce4 Error Messages from CVS install on Debian Sarge:
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smproxy: unable to connect to session manager

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/xfcalendar/xfcalendar.xml to load data of channel
"xfcalendar": No such file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/gtk.xml to load data of channel "settings": No
such file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/gtk.xml to load data of channel "settings": No
such file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/keyboard.xml to load data of channel "keyboard":
No such file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/gtk.xml to load data of channel "settings": No
such file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/mouse.xml to load data of channel "mouse": No
such file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/xffm.xml to load data of channel "xffm": No such
file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/xfwm4.xml to load data of channel "xfwm4": No
such file or directory

(xfce-mcs-manager:16040): libxfce4mcs-CRITICAL **: Unable to stat file
/home/jh/.xfce4/settings/display.xml to load data of channel "display": No
such file or directory

** (xfce-mcs-manager:16040): WARNING **:   module
/usr/local/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins/workspaces_plugin.so ("workspaces") has
already been loaded before
** Message: xfwm4: Workspace count not set, using rc value: 4
/home/jh/.xinitrc: line 5: 16042 Segmentation fault     
/usr/local/bin/xfwm4 --daemon
** Message: Cannot connect to session manager
** Message: xfce4-iconbox: Running without session manager
** Message: xfce4-panel: Successfully started without session management

waiting for X server to shut down The application 'xfce-mcs-manager' lost
its connection to the display :0.0;
most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed
the application.
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--- The greatest success I've had in starting Xfce4 is through this .xinitrc:
------------------------------------
#! /bin/sh
smproxy &
/usr/local/bin/xfce-mcs-manager
/usr/local/bin/xfwm4 --daemon
/usr/local/bin/xftaskbar4 &
/usr/local/bin/xfdesktop &
# /usr/local/bin/xfce4-session
/usr/local/bin/xfce4-iconbox &
/usr/local/bin/xfcalendar &
exec /usr/local/bin/xfce4-panel
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I'm using Linux kernel 2.4.25, Free86 Version 4.3.0.1, and willing to try
any suggestion. I don't have a dedicated IP address for these machines, so
providing access is a bit problematic.

Thanks again for any assist,

Jeff