What to do if you cant start Xfce?

What to do if you cant start Xfce?

The mouse cursor is active, but I can’t open the apps window, right click for options on the desktop or panel, use keyboard shortcuts to start a terminal or app, or interact in any way with the screen. I’m forced to ctrl-alt-F2 to a non-Xterm and kill -9 xfce4-session [ID]. My standard user account starts XFCE without any issues.

How to work around xfce4-terminal emulator not working?

Here is a work around : look at the Properties of your Terminal’s launcher. By default the command it run is something like this : Put the real path to terminal (/usr/bin/terminal or /usr/local/bin/terminal or …) instead.

Is there a way to run Xfce on Xubuntu?

Here is a work around : look at the Properties of your Terminal’s launcher. By default the command it run is something like this : Put the real path to terminal (/usr/bin/terminal or /usr/local/bin/terminal or …) instead. Or try to run it from the xfrun (Alt-F2) : terminal Xfce is NOT Xubuntu.

How to stop btsyncapp from starting Xfce?

/usr/lib/btsync-gui/btsyncapp.py:45: Warning: The property GtkSettings:gtk-button-images is deprecated and shouldn’t be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version. /usr/lib/btsync-gui/btsyncapp.py:45: Warning: The property GtkButton:xalign is deprecated and shouldn’t be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.

Is there a default terminal entry in Xfce4?

Checked Application Autostart in xfce4-session-settings, but there’s no default terminal entry. When I add one, two terminal windows pop up on startup. According to several guides I’ve found, editing the xinitrc file is key to the startup. However, I found no explicit terminal execution calls in that file.

Why are two Gnome screensavers running simultaneously in Xfce?

A change here resolved an issue with both xfce & gnome screensavers running simultaneously, but did nothing for the terminal issue. Checked Application Autostart in xfce4-session-settings, but there’s no default terminal entry. When I add one, two terminal windows pop up on startup.