Starting Over

[Dennis J. Tuchler]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
>   
>> I would like to delete XFCE4 and reinstall it.  The reason is that, when
>> last I logged onto xfce4 the desktop selector was missing from the panel
>> and when I called up more than one Internet-using application, the
>> desktop froze.
>>     
>
> Using a sledgehammer to to pound in a nail rarely turns out well.  Why do
> you think that your entire XFCE installation is at fault?  Is this problem
> present for multiple users?  Which version of XFCE do you have installed?
>
>
>   
>> I am using SuSE 10.  How do I delete and reinstall the latest XFCE4 for
>> this system?
>>     
>
> Depends on how you installed it.
>
>   
Thanks for answering me so quickly! This is a single-user installation. 
I think I have the latest bug-fixed version of XFCE4, which I installed 
over a previous version of XFCE4 for SuSE 9.2 (which functioned ok when 
I upgraded). The abruptness of the change in the desktop in terms of the 
bottom-of-screen panel (missing the desktop icons) and behavior with 
applications made me think that tinkering with the set-up would probably 
take a great deal of time and produce testiness and frustration. In such 
a case, burning down the building and rebuilding it to specs is better 
than finding why the thing malfunctions and then hoping that that was 
the only thing, so that repairing it would be enough.

I just realized that the malfunction began after I upgraded SuSE 10 with 
some security fixes, shut down and then logged back in the next day.

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Best regards,

Dennis J. Tuchler
University City, Missouri 63130
USA