Menu and window list no longer show on desktop

Joe Klemmer klemmerj at webtrek.com
Thu Nov 30 18:05:38 CET 2006


On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 12:38 +1100, Terry wrote:

> I liked that feature, particularly when I could not get the panel in 
> view, and I still have the options selected.
> 
> At one point I tried to upgrade Xfce.  I believe it was after that 
> failed attempt that the menu and window list stopped displaying.
> 
> Clicking the right mouse button now gets me a drab, Gnome-like context 
> menu with 7 unhelpful commands and an 8th command "Change Desktop 
> Background".  The middle button gets nothing.
> 
> I tried reinstalling and removing the .config folder in my home 
> directory, to no avail.
> 
> I would like to return to the former situation.  How do I do it?

	This sounds like xfdesktop isn't running.  Just run it in the
background from a term and you should get everything back.

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