very weird xfce behavior... please help

[Fernando Antunes]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Maximilien Noal
<noal.maximilien at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 02/23/2012 06:47 PM, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Recently my xfce started behaving with strange issues that make me
>> unable to use it.
>>
>> I can login to xfce, but...
>>
>> I notice 2 major problems:
>>
>> 1) the windows have no frame, no minimize, maximize and close buttons;
>> so I can not close them, minimize them, nor move them; each new window I
>> open I'm unable to close it; i becomes unusable
>>
>
Try this on command line with xfce running :
$ xfdesktop --reload &



>  Hello,
>
> I think you can restore it it by restarting xfwm4. Type <Alt> and <F2> at
> the same time to bring xfrun4's prompt and enter "xfwm4".
>
> For the rest, I'll leave it to people with more knowledge.
>
>  2) I had 9 virtual desktops configured and now I have only one; if I try
>> to increase it does not work.
>>
>> I'm very fond of xfce and I would like to continue using it.
>>
>> I use Debian wheezy, fully updated. xfce version is:
>> ii  xfce4      4.8.0.3
>> ii  xfdesktop4 4.8.3-2
>>
>> Can anyone please help ?
>> Thank you
>> Joao
>>
>>
>>
>> I use Debian GNU/Linux testing (wheezy);
>>
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