idesk and xfdesktop

[Andrew Conkling]

Some time ago (probably on Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:00:44 +0100)
Xan <DXpublica at telefonica.net> had occasion to say the following:
> Even I copy the file /etc/X11/xfce4/xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc and I
> substitute the line of xfdesktop for idesk, I restarted my X and
> nothing happens.

Restart X with both commented out, start a terminal (you can use the Run
app, Alt+F2 by default) and try running idesk in there; you'll be able
to see any output that may indicate errors.

HTH,
Andrew