CVS's xfdesktop & gtk-2.4.1

[Robert Kruus]

One more thing:  there is a similar problem with the files in the modules and
panel-plugins directory -- libxfce4_desktop_menu.
Adding the .so to these files makes it all work out fine.

Rob

On Sun, 9 May 2004 15:29:15 -0400
It is rumored Robert Kruus <bob at kruus.forestry.utoronto.ca> wrote:

>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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