XFCE problems.

John Culleton john at wexfordpress.com
Tue May 8 22:44:32 CEST 2012


On Tue, 8 May 2012 19:27:45 +0300
Genghis Khan <genghiskhan at gmx.ca> wrote:

> OFF TOPIC: Have you tried Trinity Desktop Environment? (a fork of
> KDE3)
> 
> TDE http://trinitydesktop.org/
> 
> http://seeks-project.info/search_exp.php/search?lang=he&q=trinity%20desktop
> 
> 
> On Tue, 8 May 2012 11:00:46 -0400
> John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am in the process of copying files from an old disk to a new
> > computer.  Using XFCE multiple problems occur as the copying
> > continues.
> > 
> > 1. At some point xdm gets caught in a loop. I get a sign on window,
> > I sign on, and the sign on window just reappears. kdm doesn't get
> > caught in the loop. I had this problem on the old computer too,
> > after using xdm for some months. 
> > 
> > 2. at some later point, using kdm and my usual login name I get to
> > XFCE but I get an error message saying "Cannot find failsafe
> > session...", and a long list of things to check. but if I use
> > another signon name things work OK.
> > 
> > I truly hate KDE4, and the other options such as fvwm and blackbox
> > are too limited. Clearly the copying process has jammed the gears
> > at some point. My new computer can't handle the old drive which is
> > too thick. If someone can point me to a file in my personal
> > directory that is causing problem 2 I would be most grateful.
> > 
> > At this moment I am using KDE and hating every minute of it. 
> > 
> > Slackware 13.37.
> > 
> > John Culleton
> > 


I used trinity before but now there seems to be a problem with the
download. 

John C.


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