XFCE problem: Desktop gone, Taskbar unusable.
by maschelsea from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5BSCT)
Hello,
I booted up my computer this morning intending to go in and delete a few files. I was greeted by XFCE, but there was no taskbar. Without the taskbar, xfce is practicably unusable. The desktop was gone as well. I finally got to my open terminal (after getting an actual tty by hitting Cntrl+Alt+F1) and logged in as root and started killing whatever was currently open, until I finally saw the taskbar. The window-switcher applet was greyed out. At one time, I knew how to fix this particular problem, but sadly, that was about ten years ago and I don't remember how to fix it. I don't even know what to search /var/log/messages for. Please help!
I booted up my computer this morning intending to go in and delete a few files. I was greeted by XFCE, but there was no taskbar. Without the taskbar, xfce is practicably unusable. The desktop was gone as well. I finally got to my open terminal (after getting an actual tty by hitting Cntrl+Alt+F1) and logged in as root and started killing whatever was currently open, until I finally saw the taskbar. The window-switcher applet was greyed out. At one time, I knew how to fix this particular problem, but sadly, that was about ten years ago and I don't remember how to fix it. I don't even know what to search /var/log/messages for. Please help!