an update to xfce4 packages renders my config unusable. I have gone through this for several times now, however, now it's time to post it here. Within the last months/years, almost every update to the components of xfce4 has rendered my configuration unusable - I simply cannot login even after a reboot. I use xdm and I only have
My config is quite basic since there was one point where this annoyance was so huge that I started over with a fresh standard xfce config, with one exception: start "konsole" instead of "xfce4-terminal" from the icon in the panel. Today, I updated the system and could not login any more.
This is what happened (xfce4 relevant):
I again had to get rid of my users .config/xfce4 ... this is really annoying since this happens with every minor update. How are you handling this, what do I do wrong and how can I avoid this problem?
setxkbmap de; exec startxfce4 in my ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession. My config is quite basic since there was one point where this annoyance was so huge that I started over with a fresh standard xfce config, with one exception: start "konsole" instead of "xfce4-terminal" from the icon in the panel. Today, I updated the system and could not login any more.
This is what happened (xfce4 relevant):
Code:
Mar 19 00:04:51 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: libxfce4menu upgraded: 4.18.5 -> 4.18.6
Mar 19 00:04:51 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-panel upgraded: 4.18.5_2 -> 4.18.6
Mar 19 00:04:53 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-tumbler upgraded: 4.18.2_1 -> 4.18.2_2
Mar 19 00:05:04 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-screensaver upgraded: 4.18.2_2 -> 4.18.3
Mar 19 00:05:08 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-dict-plugin upgraded: 0.8.6_1 -> 0.8.6_2
Mar 19 00:05:11 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-power-manager upgraded: 4.18.3_1 -> 4.18.3_2
Mar 19 00:05:11 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-notifyd upgraded: 0.9.4 -> 0.9.4_1
Mar 19 00:05:11 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-taskmanager upgraded: 1.5.6_1 -> 1.5.7
Mar 19 00:05:14 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-terminal upgraded: 1.1.2 -> 1.1.3
Mar 19 00:05:15 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-session upgraded: 4.18.3_3 -> 4.18.3_4
Mar 19 00:05:15 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-screenshooter-plugin upgraded: 1.10.5 -> 1.10.5_1
Mar 19 00:05:16 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-weather-plugin upgraded: 0.11.1_2 -> 0.11.2
Mar 19 00:05:17 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-clipman-plugin upgraded: 1.6.5_2 -> 1.6.6
Mar 19 00:05:17 ryzen3 pkg[64418]: xfce4-desktop upgraded: 4.18.1_3 -> 4.18.1_4I again had to get rid of my users .config/xfce4 ... this is really annoying since this happens with every minor update. How are you handling this, what do I do wrong and how can I avoid this problem?