CVS's xfdesktop & gtk-2.4.1

[Philip Scott]

That fixed it all. Thanks.

Robert Kruus wrote:
> 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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