| belalobo | hello everyone! I just reebooted my laptop and the windows appeared in a strange way not showing the x to close them for example. any help on how to fix this please_ thanks | 05:08 |
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| === \b is now known as benonsoftware | ||
| exxxit | hi everyone. Upon booting my laotop this morning i noticed the windows do not show the X to close them. the grafical interface is a bit strange. any help on how to fix this please? thanks | 15:24 |
| exxxit | laptop* | 15:27 |
| exxxit | also I cannot change desktops | 15:28 |
| exxxit | nor resize windows | 15:29 |
| === larry is now known as Guest61619 | ||
| exxxit | Hello everyone! I was here earlier but had to leave. This morning upon booting my laptop I noticed I had no x on all windows to close them, cannot resize them either or change desktops. Can anyone please help me fix this? thanks | 18:21 |
| holstein | exxxit: hello | 18:33 |
| holstein | exxxit: sounds to me like, you may have tried to implement compiz? or something that broke your window decorations? | 18:33 |
| exxxit | hello | 18:34 |
| exxxit | no not at all been there before | 18:34 |
| exxxit | no playing with compiz again | 18:34 |
| holstein | 13:34 < exxxit> no not at all been there before | 18:34 |
| holstein | so, they have *never* been there? | 18:34 |
| holstein | regardless.. this is what i would do | 18:34 |
| holstein | i would test with the guest account, and/or another user account.. if all is well there, i know the system is *not* broken, and i go to resetting my users configs for the desktop | 18:35 |
| exxxit | ok i'll try looging in as another user | 18:35 |
| exxxit | I'll be back in a sec | 18:35 |
| holstein | try as the guest user, and see if all is well, and if so, consider just simply resetting your configs.. | 18:36 |
| holstein | http://askubuntu.com/questions/224006/resetting-xfce-panels-to-default-settings for example, is how to reset the panel | 18:36 |
| holstein | for me, i would simly move or rename ~/.config/xfce4 | 18:36 |
| holstein | i would then, relog and make sure that all is well, and go from there with a default setup | 18:37 |
| exxxit | hey I'm back | 18:37 |
| exxxit | all is well when i log in as another user | 18:38 |
| holstein | sure. so, you can move on to the other text i have posted above that explians what i would do to reset the "broken" configs | 18:38 |
| holstein | exxxit: you know that its *not* an issue (very likely, at least) with the main system.. no need to "sudo" do *anything*, or remove, reinstall, break, add, any system packages or configs | 18:39 |
| exxxit | so in the link you sent me there is an option to do it all in one line on the cli | 18:39 |
| holstein | exxxit: sure | 18:40 |
| exxxit | I think I can use that | 18:40 |
| holstein | exxxit: do what you like | 18:40 |
| holstein | exxxit: what *is* suggest is, *not* rm'ing anything | 18:40 |
| holstein | no need to | 18:40 |
| holstein | just simply move, or rename it | 18:40 |
| exxxit | so I should just rename the folder xfce4? | 18:40 |
| holstein | you can do that from a live CD, if you have no UI.. or the terminal.. literally any way you feel comfortable to reset the configs | 18:40 |
| holstein | exxxit: you shoud read about, and understand what renaming that directory does | 18:41 |
| holstein | exxxit: there is no "should".. just your broken config, and ways to resolve the issue | 18:41 |
| exxxit | I'm a bit stuck my browser does not show properly | 18:41 |
| holstein | exxxit: one easy way to reset that, and be able to revert is, just simply move or rename that config for xfce | 18:41 |
| holstein | exxxit: as i said, you can do this from a live cd, or the terminal, or tty | 18:42 |
| holstein | !tty | 18:42 |
| ubottu | To get to the TTY terminals 1-6, use the keystroke ctrl + alt + F1-F6 respectively (Alt+F7 will get you back to your graphical login). To change the resolution for your TTY, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ChangeTTYResolution | 18:42 |
| exxxit | so I'll just rename it log out and them back in? | 18:42 |
| holstein | exxxit: if thats the way you want to proceed, sure | 18:42 |
| holstein | exxxit: that will make the system create a new fresh config for *all* of the xfce elements that are broken for you | 18:43 |
| holstein | exxxit: and, you will still have the current settings in the renamed directory | 18:43 |
| exxxit | ok and them I can calmly set it up again | 18:43 |
| exxxit | okok I think I got it | 18:43 |
| exxxit | I'll give it a try | 18:43 |
| holstein | exxxit: i cant speak for your demeanor, during the process, but, yes.. | 18:43 |
| exxxit | do I have to do it on the TTY? | 18:43 |
| holstein | you can either, find that, actually, this *doesnt* "Fix" anything, and you can easilly revert to exactly what you have now | 18:44 |
| holstein | or, you will find it does fix the issue, andyou can put parts of the config back, or do what you like | 18:44 |
| exxxit | ok | 18:44 |
| holstein | if you do *exaxctly* the same, you can likely break it in the same way you did last time, so be aware | 18:45 |
| exxxit | yes i understand | 18:45 |
| exxxit | just one more question i have two folders one named xfce4 and xfce4-session | 18:45 |
| exxxit | anything to do with that? | 18:45 |
| exxxit | still not getting the x in the windows but the desktop seems to have reverted to the original state | 19:05 |
| exxxit | half of ot | 19:05 |
| exxxit | half of it | 19:05 |
| exxxit | does that all in one line command take a long time to execute? | 19:06 |
| exxxit | i get a : respawning too fast, stopped message | 19:07 |
| holstein | 14:05 [freenode] -exxxit(~beka@109.49.148.222)- hi again the problme seems to be half fixed or so | 19:09 |
| holstein | exxxit: what did you rename? | 19:09 |
| exxxit | i renamed xfce4 | 19:09 |
| holstein | exxxit: you mean, ~/.config/fxce4 ? | 19:09 |
| exxxit | yes | 19:10 |
| holstein | exxxit: the path is important.. | 19:10 |
| exxxit | yes i deleted xfce4 | 19:10 |
| exxxit | not fxce4 | 19:10 |
| exxxit | in the ~/.config folder | 19:11 |
| exxxit | I tried renaming it | 19:11 |
| exxxit | now I have just deleted it | 19:11 |
| holstein | deleted? or renamed? becuase, i personally specifically suggested *not* deleting it | 19:11 |
| exxxit | already done that ... :/ deleted | 19:11 |
| exxxit | I deleted logged out and back in again | 19:12 |
| holstein | sure.. so, you should get a default one.. | 19:12 |
| exxxit | yes I should | 19:12 |
| holstein | and now, with no way to revert | 19:12 |
| holstein | since, you did something on your own, which is fine.. im just making you aware that you cant revert now.. as i was leaving you a way to do so | 19:12 |
| exxxit | but the desktop now seems like a mix of what I had and a freash install | 19:12 |
| exxxit | and the coommand does not exit | 19:13 |
| holstein | exxxit: i may move the *entire* ~/.config and see if that solved the problem | 19:13 |
| holstein | exxxit: what command? | 19:13 |
| exxxit | the long command on the link | 19:13 |
| exxxit | xfce4-panel --quit ; pkill xfconfd ; rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/panel ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml ; xfce4-panel; | 19:14 |
| exxxit | i'm getting this: init: indicator-sound respawning too fast, stopped | 19:14 |
| exxxit | with no exit | 19:14 |
| holstein | exxxit: thats *Just* an example | 19:14 |
| exxxit | hum.. | 19:15 |
| holstein | exxxit: thats specifically for the panel | 19:15 |
| holstein | exxxit: not your problem at all | 19:15 |
| exxxit | oh ok great | 19:15 |
| exxxit | :p | 19:15 |
| holstein | exxxit: i suggested the *entire* ~/.config/xfce4 directory | 19:15 |
| holstein | which included that reset for the panel | 19:15 |
| holstein | exxxit: i dont suggest that you need to kill and restart the panel | 19:15 |
| holstein | exxxit: you just need to identify what is broken in your config, and let a new config respawn | 19:16 |
| exxxit | I dont mind gwtting the fresh look again on the desktop | 19:16 |
| exxxit | getting* | 19:16 |
| holstein | exxxit: one *easy* and quick way to see if this is *even* the issue is, to simly move or rename the *entire* ~/.config | 19:16 |
| exxxit | what should I delete? | 19:16 |
| holstein | exxxit: *nothing* | 19:16 |
| holstein | exxxit: i *never* said delete anything.. i actually specifically still suggest that you dont need to delete anything | 19:17 |
| exxxit | so i should call the ~/.config folder something like ~/.config2? for ex? | 19:17 |
| holstein | exxxit: you can simply move or rename the config directory | 19:17 |
| holstein | exxxit: you can simpley move it.. out of where it is.. or rename it literally whatever you like | 19:17 |
| exxxit | so I rename or mv the ~/.config directory log out and then back in? | 19:18 |
| exxxit | thats it? | 19:19 |
| holstein | exxxit: friend.. in order to get a new one to respawn, thats how | 19:21 |
| exxxit | ok | 19:21 |
| holstein | exxxit: im not suggesting this is a "fix" at all.. its a way to see if your issue is isolated in the ~/.config | 19:21 |
| exxxit | ok I'll try now | 19:21 |
| holstein | exxxit: its the way i would go about isolating that and testing.. and since i havent deleted anything, i can revert.. so there is no issue | 19:21 |
| mauro | I was exxxit | 19:46 |
| mauro | with the issue on xfce4 | 19:46 |
| mauro | I'm giving up | 19:46 |
| mauro | This is time consuming and I dont even know how I got here | 19:47 |
| holstein | mauro: cool.. let a volunteer know if they can assist.. and try #xubuntu if the channel is slow | 19:47 |
| mauro | its frustrating | 19:47 |
| holstein | yup.. it can be | 19:47 |
| holstein | i say, plan having good backups, and ways to revert.. | 19:47 |
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