On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:06 PM, John Coppens <john at jcoppens.com> wrote: > Q1: what is the task of kdeinit4 (I don't run KDE)? > Q2: is it necessary to get XFCE running? (or for something else?) > I don't think it's needed for Xfce. You might get it if you check Settings > Session > Advanced > KDE services. Try to uncheck. Regards Liviu