On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:13:49 +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 23/11/2011 17:05, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> Yesterday I updated my wheezy system and when I restarted my machine >> this morning all my xfce windows had lost their frames. There as no >> longer a close button or a top border I could use to move the window >> around. The programs within the windows worked fine, though. But it's >> kind of limiting not being able to move windows out of the way or >> minimize them. > > It happens from time to time not sure if it depends on the upgrade. Run > the command: > > xfwm4 > > And then in Settings > Session and Startup in the session tab make sure > it reads immediately. > >> I hope xfce isn't going the way of gnome and becoming unusable. I'm >> all in favour of simplicity, but... As Einstein said, things should be >> as simple as possible but no simpler. >> >> But the story doesn't end there. It gets worse. >> >> This morning I upgraded again. Now I have a brand-new kernel >> (3.1.something). Booting with it gives me a login screen with only a >> space for my user name (as in the old, old days) but does not respond >> to keyboard input not mouse activity. I can't log in. > > Do you know what display manager you have?
I believe it's gdm. how can I tell for sure? And I should have mentioned the hardware I'm using. It's an Asus eeepc 1000H -- the first eeepc that was fully compatible with free software. -- hendrik > > Lorenzo > > >> I rebooted using the laptop's power key, and used grub to choose the >> old kernel (version 3.0.something) and got a login screen with a user >> name already filled in and a slot to enter a password (the way things >> were yesterday) and I could log in. >> >> But I still get the frameless xfce. >> >> Sorry not to be more specific about the kernel version, but if I start >> an xterm to run uname, I'll lose the ability to access the window into >> which I'm typing this message. >> >> I'm going to hold off upgrading my other wheezy machines for a while. >> >> -- hendrik >> >> >> > > -- > ** NOTE **: This gmail address is my new email. I will still be reading > my libero.it email, but please use this new one for any further email. > Thanks you for understanding. > ** NOTA **: Questo indirizzo gmail è la mia nuova email. Continuerò a > leggere la posta libero.it ancora per un po' ma vi prego di usare questa > nuova da ora in poi. > Grazie per la comprensione. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jaj6ld$cr8$2...@dough.gmane.org
