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theKbStockpiler 05-14-2012 04:45 PM
Xfce will not start
 
I have no idea why but Xfce will not start while Lxde will on the same Distro which is Magiea 1.

How do I go about starting Xfce from the console and what logs should I look at?

Thanks in advance!

towheedm 05-14-2012 09:52 PM
Code:
startxfce4

nigelc 05-14-2012 11:47 PM
Just log out and select it from the login screen.
Then it should start up.
IF it doesn't, then something is missing.

cheers

catkin 05-15-2012 12:18 AM
On Slackware, when xdm is used as the graphical login screen, after login, xdm runs X as root and /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc as the user.

When the system is configured to use Xfce, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is a symlink to /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xfce which is a symlink to /etc/xfce/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc.

theKbStockpiler 05-15-2012 09:49 AM
I ran startxfce4 and got this.
 
Code:
[root@localhost kbs]# startxfce4
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: Unknown error

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: Unable to contact D-Bus session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_connect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_disconnect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_disconnect_signal: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): xfconf-CRITICAL **: xfconf_init() must be called before attempting to use libxfconf!

** (xfce4-session:8421): CRITICAL **: dbus_g_proxy_call: assertion `DBUS_IS_G_PROXY (proxy)' failed

(xfce4-session:8421): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
Failed to connect to Xfconf daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
running 'kill -INT 8417; rm -f /root/.cache/gpg-agent-info'
[root@localhost kbs]#

theKbStockpiler 05-15-2012 05:23 PM
It works now.
 
I tried to un-install and then re-install but I removed Task Xfce by mistake thinking it would remove all of Xfce. Xfce is now working fine.

Should I feel happy? Should I give this anymore thought? Mageia has become my dominate user Distro but this kind of thing makes me want to put the extra effort in to CentOS/Scientific.:scratch:

Thanks for the Responses!

DavidMcCann 05-18-2012 03:50 PM
My (far from infallible) rule is "use a distro with its preferred desktop". Even respectable distros can have accidents with "afterthoughts": the EPEL Xfce for CentOS that forgot a vital file, or OpenSUSE offering Gnome and Xfce with no file-searching tools.

theKbStockpiler 05-18-2012 04:26 PM
I'm going to move away from "Production Distros".
 
I usually suspend my computer verses turn it off so I don't really know when a new install disrupts the system. When I rebooted; after Xfce seemed fine ,Firefox would not open and none of my File Managers would work correctly. I was using Fedora because I had to reboot from Mageia and I forgot that Fedora can never work out their (suspend) issues so I moved back (rebooted Mageia) which never has a suspend problem. I don't think that the Production Distros are worth fooling with too much anymore and that is why businesses will pay Redhat, etcetera, the big money.For myself I will aspire to use LFS or Gentoo in the future.

Thanks for the Replies and I'm off to a new thread! :hattip:


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