No window manager [SOLVED]

[Travis Crook]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:51:07 -0300
hernux <hernux at etherac.com.ar> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> you can open console hiting CTRL + ALT + F2 .. there you login again and 
> run this commands:
> 
> $ export DISPLAY=:0.0
> $ xterm &
> 
> then you can back to X mode hitting CTRL + ALT + F7
> 
> hernan
> 

Thank you for the info!  I will keep this handy!  This will help solve future
and current problems!

I was able to get the problem fixed with all of your help!  I think renaming 
the settings directory did it!

> Travis Crook escribió:
> 
> >On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 07:13:08 +0100
> >Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at corsac.net> wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Travis Crook wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>	I am running Mandriva 2006.0 x86_64 and have xfce version 
> >>>4.2.2 installed.  At first it was working great!  I had everything 
> >>>set the way I like it.  Now when I reboot my computer and login and 
> >>>type startxfce4 I get a blue screen (default background?) and the 
> >>>panel bar across the top.  Nothing else shows up.  I don't see my 
> >>>taskbar at the bottom nor can I click on the background and have the 
> >>>menu appear.  Any ideas on what I can do to return to normal?
> >>>Thanks!
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>If you have window borders and can move windows, then you have xfwm4
> >>running. But it seems that xfdesktop and xftaskbar4 are not running.
> >>Just launch them from a terminal (with an &), then don't forget to save
> >>your session when quitting.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Unfortunately I don't have window borders and I can't move windows.  I also 
> >cannot launch xfdesktop and xftaskbar4 from a terminal because I can't 
> >open a terminal.  Could it be a configuration file is corrupted somehow?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-- 
> >>Yves-Alexis Perez
> >>http://www.corsac.net
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >  
> >


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