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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