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dancaer69

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Registered: 2015-08-30

Posts: 15

Wrong session after reboot/shutdown

I'm using a script to run xfce(or other dms/wms) via xinit and not a desktop manager for a long time now. Before 1-2 weeks I switched to kwin instead of xfwm and yesterday I switched back to xfwm. The problem which I have now is that when I reboot, then seems that starts a different session in which keyboard input doesn't work, autostart programs that I have disabled, wallpapers don't load, xfwm seems that doesn't start and basically the desktop is unusable. When I logout and re-login I get back to the working session I'm using and the problem doesn't happen until reboot or shutdown, no matter if I logout/login more times. I tried to rename the ~/.config/xfce folder to reset the settings but still this issue happens even with the reseted desktop.Any idea how to solve it?

Last edited by dancaer69 (2024-12-21 10:31:46)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,678

Re: Wrong session after reboot/shutdown

Wild guess: try deleting the contents of ~/.cache/sessions before you log into Xfce. See if that helps.

Otherwise, can you post back some log files - possibly ~/.xsession-errors and ~/.xsession-errors.old?

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dancaer69

Member

Registered: 2015-08-30

Posts: 15

Re: Wrong session after reboot/shutdown

I managed to solve it. Seems that actually xfwm didn't start after reboot, also thunderbird autostarted and somehow stole focus from any other app so I couldn't type anything. So after I closed it I managed to start xfwm and then using the automatic save session checkbox from settings I saved the current session. After that xfwm started normally after reboot, so seems that the issue is solved.
I have in mind the ".cache/sessions" if issue reappears though, so thanks for point that.