Weird user-specific malfunction problem

[Ross Laird]

Hi Olivier;

Thanks for the reply.
"which xfwm4" gives the same reply (/usr/bin/xfwm4) for all users including 
root.
Even when I run the secondary install of xfce (from the xfld install packages, 
which use xfwm4 from /home/ross/local/bin) I get this problem.
Strange, eh?

Cheers.

Ross

On Monday 10 January 2005 01:05 pm, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Hi
>
> It could be a PATH issue, the root doesn't have the same PATH as others
> regular users so it might pick another older install.
>
> Try "which xfwm4" from root, and "which xfwm4" from another regular
> user. Does it give the same result?
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
>
> On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 12:24 -0800, Ross Laird wrote:
> > I wonder if anyone can assist with this (I've tried posting to both the
> > xfce forum and the os-cillation forum without success -- but many thanks
> > for the attempts by various people to help):
> >
> > After upgrading xfce (using the os-works sources) to 4.2, all users but
> > root share the problem that the window controls are missing and clickable
> > cursor placement does not work (for example, I can't click into the
> > address bar of the browser). Also, hovering over the mail icon on the
> > panel causes the terminal icon also to be selected.
> >
> > The root user is the only user for whom xfce functions properly.
> > Here's what I have tried so far to fix this problem:
> >
> > 1) Erasing .config, .cache, and .xfce4 files and directories for various
> > users.
> >
> > 2) Copying over (using rsync) the .cache, .config and .xfce4 files from
> > the correctly-functioning root user (being careful to correct the
> > permissions afterward).
> >
> > 3) Looking for errors in xfwm4 (none have shown up) and in my
> > .xsession-errors files for the users in question. Also I have looked at
> > .xinitrc etc.
> >
> > 4) Installing and running xfce4 by way of the os-cillation install
> > packages (and putting the files in a distinct location from the Debian
> > packages). The same problem shows up.
> >
> > 5) I have also tried purging and reinstalling xfce from the Debian
> > repositories and from the os-cillation repositories. No effect.
> >
> > Xfce used to work fine on my system -- no problems at all.
> > All other window managers also work fine (kde, gnome, wmaker, etc.).
> > Anybody know how I might tackle this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Ross Laird
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