xfce fail

[markie83]

Guys,
I did a "yum update" (running f17) and after a reboot the window manager was gone.....no border, titlebar, minimize etc.....all gone. So in a mad dash (this is my work machine....softphone and all) so I installed LXDE to get me by.

.....any thoughts??

thanks,
mark

[sea]

Whats the output of

yum history list
yum history show ID

Replace ID by the highest number shown.

[ozjd]

Delete the session cache, ~/.cache/sessions

[markie83]

root@mark mark]# yum history list
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
ID | Command line | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
89 | groupinstall lxde | 2012-11-20 10:36 | Install | 24
88 | update | 2012-11-20 10:34 | Update | 3
87 | update | 2012-11-19 16:26 | Update | 28
86 | install sflphone | 2012-11-19 10:23 | Install | 3
85 | update | 2012-11-17 19:35 | E, I, U | 188 EE
84 | install *icon-theme* | 2012-11-10 09:39 | Install | 16
83 | install cups-pdf | 2012-11-06 11:26 | Install | 1 EE
82 | update | 2012-11-05 19:35 | E, I, U | 108 EE
81 | install parole | 2012-10-31 19:13 | Install | 1
80 | install midori | 2012-10-31 10:02 | Install | 1
79 | update | 2012-10-27 14:42 | Update | 77
78 | localinstall clementine- | 2012-10-27 14:34 | I, U | 2
77 | install linphone | 2012-10-24 15:08 | Install | 1
76 | remove linphone | 2012-10-23 16:51 | Erase | 1
75 | install twinkle | 2012-10-23 16:50 | Install | 1
74 | install linphone | 2012-10-23 16:42 | Install | 6
73 | remove ekiga | 2012-10-23 16:39 | Erase | 1
72 | remove twinkle | 2012-10-23 16:39 | Erase | 1
71 | install ekiga | 2012-10-23 15:59 | Install | 12
70 | install gvfs-smb gvs-fus | 2012-10-22 08:22 | Install | 1
history list
[root@mark mark]# yum history show 89
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Invalid history sub-command, use: list, info, summary, repeat, redo, undo, new, rollback, addon, addon-info, stats, statistics, sync, synchronizepkg, pkgs, pkg-list, pkgs-list, package, package-list, packages, packages-list, pkg-info, pkgs-info, package-info, packages-info.
[root@mark mark]#

I will try deleteing the sessions cache next

[sea]

Ops my bad, show should been info.

yum history info 88 87

Anyway, first try the .cahce/session...

[ozjd]

Originally Posted by markie83

I will try deleteing the sessions cache next

While it is unlikely that an update caused the problem transaction 88 is the last update you did.

Which Xfce version are you using 4.8 (the standard) or 4.10 (from the Fedora People repos)? There hasn't been any recent updates to 4.10 that I've noticed.

[markie83]

4.8 from the standard repos.....

[PabloTwo]

You should be able to get it back by entering xfwm4 in a terminal when booted into an xfce4 session.
I'm not sure, but you may need to call it this way: xfwm4 --daemon or xfwm4 --replace
For other options, use: xfwm4 --help