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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/03/2015 17:51, Damian wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:54FDDD93.4000204@surr.co.uk" type="cite">On
09/03/2015 12:11, Rob wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Damian
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:myth@surr.co.uk">myth@surr.co.uk</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:myth@surr.co.uk"><mailto:myth@surr.co.uk></a>> wrote:
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Hello all,
<br>
<br>
I'm running MythBuntu on my home server's backend. The
server is in
<br>
the garage and I access it via primarily via VNC.
<br>
<br>
For a few weeks now, the window manager (Xfce) has been
messed up.
<br>
When I log into VNC, it looks 'kind of' like it usually
does, but
<br>
there's no visible panel at the top (although I think that's
just
<br>
because other windows are in front of it rather than below
it) and
<br>
the other windows on screen (Firefox, SpiderOak, TeamViewer
etc)
<br>
don't have a top bar. The bar that you use to move, close,
maximise
<br>
and minimise a window. Those top bars are simply not there.
<br>
<br>
Most things seem to be working ok with the server. The
MythTV
<br>
backend is functioning fine. My music server (Logitec Media
Server)
<br>
is working fine. I seem to remember that Dropbox stopped
working,
<br>
for some reason, a week or two before this problem started,
but I
<br>
didn't worry too much about that.
<br>
<br>
So, it's household function is 'OK', but I can't do anything
else on
<br>
the machine because the GUI is messed up.
<br>
<br>
Do you lovely people have any idea how to fix this?
<br>
<br>
<br>
Try logging in via ssh and either deleting or moving the
directory that
<br>
stores XFCE's desktop configuration. It's been a while since
I've
<br>
played with that environment, but my be is that it's either
~/.xfce or
<br>
some combination of ~/.gnome ~/.gnome2 ~/.gconf ~/.gconf2
<br>
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OK, here's what I've tried in an attempt to narrow down the
problem ...
<br>
<br>
Before and after each of these lines, I've done:
<br>
sudo stop lightdm
<br>
sudo start lightdm
<br>
and then tried to log in via VNC to see if there's any difference.
<br>
<br>
mv /home/gingerserver/.gnome2 /home/gingerserver/.gnome2-x
<br>
.. didn't fix it
<br>
<br>
mv /home/gingerserver/.gconf /home/gingerserver/.gconf-x
<br>
.. didn't fix it
<br>
<br>
mv /etc/lightdm /etc/lightdm-x
<br>
.. VNC wouldn't work after this
<br>
<br>
I copied eveeything back to the original files, then homed in on
the lightdm directory ...
<br>
<br>
mv lightdm.conf lightdm.conf-x
<br>
.. couldn't connect after this
<br>
<br>
mv lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-x
<br>
.. didn't fix
<br>
<br>
mv lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf
lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu.conf-x
<br>
.. didn't fix
<br>
<br>
mv mythbuntu-lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
mythbuntu-lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf-x
<br>
.. didn't fix
<br>
<br>
mv users.conf users.conf-x
<br>
.. didn't fix
<br>
<br>
So, I thought that I had potentially narrowed the problem down to
the lightdm.conf file.
<br>
<br>
However, the contents of that seem to be ...
<br>
<br>
[SeatDefaults]
<br>
autologin-guest=false
<br>
autologin-user=homeserver
<br>
autologin-user-timeout=0
<br>
autologin-session=lightdm-autologin
<br>
greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter
<br>
user-session=mythbuntu
<br>
<br>
That all seems quite innocent.
<br>
<br>
Can anyone see anything here that points to anything?
<br>
<br>
Thanks,
<br>
Damian
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">It's sorted!<br>
<br>
rm -r ~/.cache/sessions<br>
<br>
was the command that fixed it.<br>
<br>
Thanks for helping me get to the bottom of it everyone!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Damian</font><br>
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