Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
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Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Im using linux mint 17.2 with XFCE. My graphical interface went down so i had the stupid idea of going to tty1 and type "startx". Xfce started with a default session look, witch is different than what i got before doing this. It has a differente appeareance.
How can i go back to the previus xfce-LinuxMint17 default appearence?
This is the kind of session i have now: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... t-xfce.png
This is the kind of session appearence i had and want to have now: http://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/scree ... a/xfce.png
Session manager only offers Xfce default session and xfce session as options. None of them are giving me the kind of appearence i want.
Thank you very much.
How can i go back to the previus xfce-LinuxMint17 default appearence?
This is the kind of session i have now: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... t-xfce.png
This is the kind of session appearence i had and want to have now: http://www.linuxmint.com/pictures/scree ... a/xfce.png
Session manager only offers Xfce default session and xfce session as options. None of them are giving me the kind of appearence i want.
Thank you very much.
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Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
When you typed startx in tty1, who were you logged in as?
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
I was logged as "hernan", my defaul user in linux, not as root.Habitual wrote:When you typed startx in tty1, who were you logged in as?
Thanks for responding so quick.
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
That's what I really was getting at, so I should have just asked "Did you startx as root?".index91 wrote:I was logged as "hernan", my defaul user in linux, not as root.Habitual wrote:When you typed startx in tty1, who were you logged in as?
Thanks for responding so quick.
Anyway, open a terminal on the desktop and look for/at
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ls -lF .config/xfce4/
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
This is the output of
What should i do now?
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ls -lF .config/xfce4/
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total 28
drwx------ 2 hernan hernan 4096 nov 18 14:47 desktop/
-rw------- 1 hernan hernan 26 oct 17 01:42 helpers.rc
drwxr-xr-x 8 hernan hernan 4096 nov 18 13:16 panel/
-rw-r--r-- 1 hernan hernan 109 oct 1 15:36 xfce4-screenshooter
-rw-r--r-- 1 hernan hernan 462 sep 23 20:31 xfce4-taskmanager.rc
drwxr-xr-x 3 hernan hernan 4096 sep 2 13:57 xfconf/
drwx------ 2 hernan hernan 4096 sep 2 13:58 xfwm4/
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Looks identical to mine.index91 wrote:This is the output ofCode: Select all
ls -lF .config/xfce4/
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total 28 drwx------ 2 hernan hernan 4096 nov 18 14:47 desktop/ -rw------- 1 hernan hernan 26 oct 17 01:42 helpers.rc drwxr-xr-x 8 hernan hernan 4096 nov 18 13:16 panel/ -rw-r--r-- 1 hernan hernan 109 oct 1 15:36 xfce4-screenshooterrm -fr .cache/sessions/* -rw-r--r-- 1 hernan hernan 462 sep 23 20:31 xfce4-taskmanager.rc drwxr-xr-x 3 hernan hernan 4096 sep 2 13:57 xfconf/ drwx------ 2 hernan hernan 4096 sep 2 13:58 xfwm4/
Open a terminal and issue
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rm -fr .cache/sessions/* && exit
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Introduced that command, made a reboot and nothing changed my friend.Habitual wrote:Looks identical to mine.index91 wrote:This is the output ofCode: Select all
ls -lF .config/xfce4/
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total 28 drwx------ 2 hernan hernan 4096 nov 18 14:47 desktop/ -rw------- 1 hernan hernan 26 oct 17 01:42 helpers.rc drwxr-xr-x 8 hernan hernan 4096 nov 18 13:16 panel/ -rw-r--r-- 1 hernan hernan 109 oct 1 15:36 xfce4-screenshooterrm -fr .cache/sessions/* -rw-r--r-- 1 hernan hernan 462 sep 23 20:31 xfce4-taskmanager.rc drwxr-xr-x 3 hernan hernan 4096 sep 2 13:57 xfconf/ drwx------ 2 hernan hernan 4096 sep 2 13:58 xfwm4/
Open a terminal and issueand then log out and back in?Code: Select all
rm -fr .cache/sessions/* && exit
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Then I don't know, but as I said, you may have to re-create your desktop.
Do you have (a) recent backup(s) of your $HOME directory contents?
Do you have (a) recent backup(s) of your $HOME directory contents?
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No, i don't, i dont have any backups.Habitual wrote:Then I don't know, but as I said, you may have to re-create your desktop.
Do you have (a) recent backup(s) of your $HOME directory contents?
By re-creating my desktop i would just loose all configurations like direct-access links, panels, and those kind of things? cause i can live with that. The problem would be missing important files in my home dir, but i think they will just continue there after the re-creation, will they?
Thanks
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
I'm sorry, I thought you were on 17.1
I cannot even guess what you need to do on 17.2
My apologies.
I cannot even guess what you need to do on 17.2
My apologies.
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Absolutely no need to apology for that. Thanks for helping me, i should ask apologies to you for my english first of all, haha.Habitual wrote:I'm sorry, I thought you were on 17.1
I cannot even guess what you need to do on 17.2
My apologies.
Is there an specific term for refering to "re-create" the session experience? Cause if there is, i would like to google it.
I've already reinstalled xfce4, my knowledges are very poor, but the problem comes with "startx", and i assume that xfce is not being loaded correctly or something. Im under xfce right now, so i think that there might be some parameters xfce is not loading correctly from my session-data and is loading by default from somewhere else.
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
I have been known to rm these 2 directories for a "default experience".
Requires that you issue these in tty logged in as yourself.
So log out of the desktop and login to tty as yourself.
Then Ctrl+Alt+F7 or F8 to get back to gui login.
Login as yourself and you should be golden.
Your English is fine.
Requires that you issue these in tty logged in as yourself.
So log out of the desktop and login to tty as yourself.
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rm -fr ~/.config ~/.gconf && exit
Login as yourself and you should be golden.
Your English is fine.
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Tryed that and still the same .Habitual wrote:I have been known to rm these 2 directories for a "default experience".
Requires that you issue these in tty logged in as yourself.
So log out of the desktop and login to tty as yourself.Then Ctrl+Alt+F7 or F8 to get back to gui login.Code: Select all
rm -fr ~/.config ~/.gconf && exit
Login as yourself and you should be golden.
Your English is fine.
May be i'll reinstall this OS. Just a silly mistake to take note off., it's a pity because i dont have time to do it right now, so i'll have to bare it.
I installed this OS in separated partitions for /home / and /usr folders so it doesnt have to be a total mess. I can simply reuse the /home and /usr data, right?
Thanks men
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
I think re-using /home (and the same login name) may cause an issue on a re-install.
Are you certain there aren't 2 /home partitions and possibly the wrong one is mounted?
You haven't mixed software sources, have you?
If you were to re-use /home and /usr
I'd login as root and move /home/hernan to /home/hernan.backup
That way after the install you could selectively and cautiously look through /home/hernan.backup and move critical files those to the new /home/hernan
directory, unless you plan to not use the same username for the new install...?
The message here is "backups"
as root:
mv /home/hernan /home/hernan.backup
Then do a re-install, do not format /home or /usr during "Something Else" in the install Wizard.
Are you certain there aren't 2 /home partitions and possibly the wrong one is mounted?
You haven't mixed software sources, have you?
If you were to re-use /home and /usr
I'd login as root and move /home/hernan to /home/hernan.backup
That way after the install you could selectively and cautiously look through /home/hernan.backup and move critical files those to the new /home/hernan
directory, unless you plan to not use the same username for the new install...?
The message here is "backups"
as root:
mv /home/hernan /home/hernan.backup
Then do a re-install, do not format /home or /usr during "Something Else" in the install Wizard.
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Yes, im certain there aren't two users and haven't mixed sources, the problem is just with some config in the session.Habitual wrote:I think re-using /home (and the same login name) may cause an issue on a re-install.
Are you certain there aren't 2 /home partitions and possibly the wrong one is mounted?
You haven't mixed software sources, have you?
If you were to re-use /home and /usr
I'd login as root and move /home/hernan to /home/hernan.backup
That way after the install you could selectively and cautiously look through /home/hernan.backup and move critical files those to the new /home/hernan
directory, unless you plan to not use the same username for the new install...?
The message here is "backups"
as root:
mv /home/hernan /home/hernan.backup
Then do a re-install, do not format /home or /usr during "Something Else" in the install Wizard.
Yes, understood, i installed this OP renaming a previous dir called hernan to hernan2, and then coping some hernan2 files. But i've never used a previous /usr partition. Any considerations about that? should not give me any trouble isn't it?
So to close this topic: Typing startx in tty is a bad idea?
Thanks, really appreciate your help, people like you make linux more usable to dumbs like us
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Why /usr is separate is unknown to me, but hey, it's your system and if you created a separate /usr then that's all I need to know.index91 wrote:Yes, im certain there aren't two users and haven't mixed sources, the problem is just with some config in the session.Habitual wrote:I think re-using /home (and the same login name) may cause an issue on a re-install.
Are you certain there aren't 2 /home partitions and possibly the wrong one is mounted?
You haven't mixed software sources, have you?
If you were to re-use /home and /usr
I'd login as root and move /home/hernan to /home/hernan.backup
That way after the install you could selectively and cautiously look through /home/hernan.backup and move critical files those to the new /home/hernan
directory, unless you plan to not use the same username for the new install...?
The message here is "backups"
as root:
mv /home/hernan /home/hernan.backup
Then do a re-install, do not format /home or /usr during "Something Else" in the install Wizard.
Yes, understood, i installed this OP renaming a previous dir called hernan to hernan2, and then coping some hernan2 files. But i've never used a previous /usr partition. Any considerations about that? should not give me any trouble isn't it?
So to close this topic: Typing startx in tty is a bad idea?
Thanks, really appreciate your help, people like you make linux more usable to dumbs like us
Your reasons are your own and it is not necessary for me to know the reason.
But I will say this, /usr is not for "user" and only contains system-level files. No user of the system should ever have to write files there.
Typing startx... I am not clear why this was done, as LM is designed to start a graphical session for us.
If you decide to re-install. Choose "Something else" and mount but do not format the /home partition and I'd use
20G for / (this will create and include a /usr mount also).
If you have reliable backups (USB?) for /home/hernan then I'd suggest a clean install.
You have nothing to lose by learning custom partitioning of your hard drive.
How to install with manual partitioning
Take particular note of the /home partition details
If you only have the one hard drive...
I suggest:
20 G for /
5G for /swap (I have 16G of RAM, so this never gets used)
and the rest for /home
Hope that helps.
Re: Go back to default XFCE-Linux Mint session?
Hello!
I had exactly the same problem as you after installing a fresh version of Linux Mint 17.2 on a new SSD. Luckily i made a backup of my home directory so I could get back to the default look after logging out, deleting the .config directory, copy this directory from backup and doing a restart.
I don't know why I cant get my default look back by killing X and doing 'startx' on the command line!
It is v very annoying to have two desktop looks and not being able,in a simple way, to get the look I had when installing the system in the first place.
I had exactly the same problem as you after installing a fresh version of Linux Mint 17.2 on a new SSD. Luckily i made a backup of my home directory so I could get back to the default look after logging out, deleting the .config directory, copy this directory from backup and doing a restart.
I don't know why I cant get my default look back by killing X and doing 'startx' on the command line!
It is v very annoying to have two desktop looks and not being able,in a simple way, to get the look I had when installing the system in the first place.