Problem with xfce start -

[Marshall Neill]

Well if it were me I would just re-install all the basic files for Xfce 
plus maybe anything related to the Xorg-???
Maybe even anythng with polkit, search in Synaptic.





On 02/11/2014 02:20 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
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> On 10/02/14 20:08, Marshall Neill wrote:
>> This may sound ridiculous but why not create another user and see if 
>> that helps.  If it does, then obvioulsy something in your 
>> configuration is borked.
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> Yes, done that, "configuration is borked." as you say. What I want to 
> know is what and find a way to fix the problem. I created a second 
> user and xfce still comes up on console-2, Console-1, does not display 
> the same messages about xfce, and xfce under the new user works 
> nicely, stuff happens quickly, there's no delay when doing "su" and 
> entering password.
>
> I could live with it coming up on console-2, that may be a peculiarity 
> to the Dell Optiplex 755 that I only noticed now, but the sluggish 
> response to some commands and very slow start is indicative of a 
> problem affecting xfce ...
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>> On 02/10/2014 06:16 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a problem with xfce coming up in console-2 instead of 
>>> console-1 as it should. When I CTRL ALT F-1 I see a screen full of 
>>> errors, a few lines of which I have manually copied in the hope that 
>>> they may help define whatever the problem is:
>>>
>>> (xfce4-session:1015): xfce4-session-WARNING **: Failed to set up ICE 
>>> authentication data, session management may not work properly.
>>>
>>> E: [pulseaudio] main.C: Daemon startup failed.
>>>
>>> (xfce4-session:1015): xfce4-session-WARNING **: ICE connection 
>>> 0x13b9820 rejected
>>>
>>> (xfce4-session:1031): xfce4-session-WARNING **: 
>>> (gerror.c:390):g_error_new_valst: runtime check failed: (domain
>>>
>>> !=0)
>>>
>>> Failed to connect to session manager: Failed to connect to session 
>>> manager: Authorization Rejected, reason : None of the 
>>> authentications protocols specified are supported and host-based 
>>> authentication failed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Another symptom is that when I "su" to root in a terminal it takes 
>>> about 30 seconds to react to my password. When I start xfce the 
>>> little rotating progress circle is smaller than normal and spins for 
>>> about thirty seconds before becoming normal size for a few seconds 
>>> before the desktop appears. I have never had this problem with xfce, 
>>> this is a new install of Fedora 20 64 bit that I have been 
>>> configuring. It also boots Centos 6.5 set up with XFCE too.
>>>
>>> It's beginning to look like the best way to fix things is to start 
>>> over, redo the new install ...
>>>
>>> Any suggestions that might avoid that will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Bob
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