CVS's xfdesktop & gtk-2.4.1

[Robert Kruus]

I'm having the same problem (filed a bugreport as well).
Running xfce-setting-show backdrop gives

Multi-Channel Manager Error:
No such plugin "backdrop"

There is no backdrop_settings.so created for some reason, but renaming the
backdrop_settings file with the .so extension solves the problem (in
/usr/lib/xfce4/mcs-plugins directory).

Rob

On Sun, 09 May 2004 14:57:08 -0400
It is rumored "Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:

>please kill xfce-mcs-mananger (while X/xfce is running) and restart it 
>from a terminal.  see if there is any output related to 
>'backdrop_settings.so'.  the only reason xfdesktop would close right 
>after running it is if it's already running.  please check your process 
>list.
>
>    -brian
>
>Philip Scott wrote:
>
>> I just updated everything and can also see this behaviour. "which" tells
>> me that xfce-mcs-manager and xfdesktop are both in /usr/bin/ so it's 
>> not that. I've lost the "Desktop" (or anything like it) section in 
>> settings, the panel menu plugin, desktop right-clicking, and my 
>> wallpaper is just plain black now. Middle-click and scrolling work as 
>> before.
>> Running xfdesktop from a terminal does nothing, no errors or anything, 
>> It just closes straight after running.
>> I just tried with a fresh user, and there was no difference.
>>
>> I'm running gtk+-2.4.0 (Gentoo's -r1, if that makes a difference), so 
>> it's not just a 2.4.1 issue.
>>
>>
>> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>
>>> ok, sorry i haven't gotten to this, but now that this is come up, i 
>>> wanted to set up a vmware container so i can do a fresh xfce 
>>> install.  but of course i'm having vmware issues...
>>>
>>> you should have a prefs panel in the settings manager called 
>>> "Desktop".  if you don't, then you most likely installed xfdesktop to 
>>> a prefix different than that of xfce-mcs-manager (which you can't 
>>> do). if that's not the case, but you still have the old "Backdrop 
>>> Settings" or "Desktop: backdrop" prefs panel (or whatever it's called 
>>> in 4.0.x), but not the new one, likely you just haven't restarted 
>>> xfce-mcs-manager since compiling and so it's still using the old panel.
>>>
>>> if there's no settings panel, there are no config files, as the 
>>> settings panel creates them on first load.
>>>
>>> again, sorry for the delay on this; hopefully i'll have a solution 
>>> for you before the day is out.
>>>
>>>    -brian
>>>
>>>
>>> Bradee-oh! wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was going to spend some time this morning "messing around with the 
>>>> settings" of xfdesktop, but where can I do that?  lol
>>>>
>>>> there is no entry in the settings manager for xfdesktop.  I'm 
>>>> scratching my brain trying to remember if 4.0.5 had an entry for the 
>>>> desktop.
>>>>
>>>> Alternately, there must be some config files to hack somewhere - 
>>>> I'll go hunting around for them...
>>>>
>>>> -Brady
>>>>
>>>> > Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> have you messed around with the settings?  i still haven't had a 
>>>>> chance to do my own testing...  perhaps tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>>    -brian
>>>>>
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