[19:01] <zurn> Hi everyone, I'm finding my ubuntu studio is behaving weirdly: when I log in it launches QasMixer and firefox, none of the windows have minimize/restore/close buttons on them (i.e. missing the top bar), I don't have a desktop background, and my cursor is a black X....... any clues what might be going on here? This is happening after not using the
[19:01] <zurn> machine for three weeks or so.... using Ubuntu Studio 20.04 LTS
[19:59] <corrinado[m]> Have you checked the dmesg logs? Sounds like something went wrong with xorg.
[20:08] <zurn> I've typed dmesg into terminal, can't find anything that says xorg unfortunately
[20:55] <corrinado[m]> No other warnings?
[21:38] <OvenWerks> zurn: that sounds like the window manager has failed
[21:40] <zurn> OvenWerks: that sounds familiar... I think I encountered this problem before but seem to have misplaced my documentation - any suggestions how to restore it?
[21:41] <OvenWerks> zurn: I think for 20.04 you would have xfce so there should be a directory called ~/.config/xfce4/
[21:42] <OvenWerks> you shold be able to mv .config/xfce4 .config/xfce4.back
[21:42] <OvenWerks> and then log in and that directory will be recreated.
[21:43] <OvenWerks> zurn: so at the login screen, without logging in. press ctrl/alt/F2
[21:43] <OvenWerks> this should dump you to a terminal
[21:43] <OvenWerks> login there and run the above command
[21:44] <OvenWerks> another directory that may need to be removed would be .cache
[21:44] <OvenWerks> but try .config/xfce4 first
[21:45] <OvenWerks> zurn: maybe for any of these things...
[21:45] <OvenWerks> check to make sure your drive is not full with df -h
[21:46] <OvenWerks> look for the line with / at the end
[21:50] <zurn> Tried "mv .config/xfce4 .config/xfce4.back"... but how do I log back in from the terminal screen?
[21:51] <zurn> also, my drive is at 95%, with 5.7G available
[21:51] <OvenWerks> zurn: I think 95% is ok.
[21:52] <zurn> also, when I type "rm .cache" it says "cannot remove '.cache': it is a directory
[21:52] <OvenWerks> zurn:  ctrl/alt/F7 (or F1 I can't remember)
[21:53] <zurn> Great... I'm back in, but it didn't do the trick. The look of xfce has changed a bit but still missing the top bar on all the windows
[21:54] <zurn> Also, this might be an indicator of something: when I open "Window Manager" in the GUI it doesn't actually open, just the spinning wheel forever
[21:56] <OvenWerks> can you start anything? like a terminal?
[22:06] <OvenWerks> zurn: not sure where to go... may make sure dbus is running
[22:07] <OvenWerks> zurn: ps x |grep dbus
[22:12] <zurn> ya I'm not sure either.... I might just take this as an incentive to get rid of my dual boot system
[22:12] <zurn> running ps x|greb dbus gives some output, but nothing to indicate that it's not running
[22:13] <OvenWerks> zurn maybe ask on #xunbutu
[22:13] <zurn> will do, g2g for now... thanks a lot as always!
[22:13] <OvenWerks> my dbus knowledge