no desktop menu

Erik Harrison erikharrison at gmail.com
Tue Feb 8 22:20:41 CET 2005


On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:06:31 -0600, kevin kramer <kramer at centtech.com> wrote:
> i am running FreeBSD 5.3 stable and deinstalled all XFCE4 ports and
> reinstalled and still cannot get a desktop menu to come up. i also
> cannot get a background to stick even though the "preview" shows correctly.

Sounds like xfdesktop isn't running. Hit alt+f2 and type "xfdesktop"
without quotes into the box, and press enter. If this brings your
desktop menu and background back, then log out _remembering to save
your session on the way out_ and all should be well.

> 
> any ideas appreciated
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