Re: xfce start issues

On 10/24/24 17:04, ToddAndMargo via xfce wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Fedora 40
> Xfce 4.18
>
> Yes, I have googles (search.brave.com) this.
>
> Xfce won't start with startxfce4 but will with startx.
>
> This is the xinit (same as the startxfce4 error)
> error I am getting:
>
> $ xinit
> (EE)
> Fatal server error:
> (EE) Server is already active for display 0
>          If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>          and start again.
> (EE)
> (EE)
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>           at http://wiki.x.org
>   for help.
> (EE)
> No protocol specified
>
> xinit: giving up
> xinit: unable to connect to X server: Resource temporarily unavailable
> xinit: server error
>
>
>
> removing /tmp/.X0-lock does no good.
>
> I put some echo's in both startx and startxfce4 to see
> what the difference is:
>
>
> startxfce4:
>
> if [ -f $BASEDIR/xinitrc ]; then
>   echo "exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}" >
> /tmp/startxfce4.if.run.string.txt
>   exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}
> elif [ -f $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc ]; then
>   mkdir -p $BASEDIR
>   cp $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc $BASEDIR/
>   echo "exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}" >
> /tmp/startxfce4.elsif.run.string.txt
>   exec $prog $BASEDIR/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}
> else
>   echo "exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC
> vt${tty_num}" > /tmp/startxfce4.else.run.string.txt
>   exec $prog /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc $CLIENTRC $SERVERRC vt${tty_num}
> fi
>
>
> startxfce4.else.run.string.txt:
>      exec xinit /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc  --  vt3 vt3
>
>
> startx.run.string.txt:
>     xinit /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- /usr/bin/X :1 vt2 -keeptty -auth
> /home/todd/.serverauth.9909
>
>
> And this shows up like a soar thumb in startxfce4:
> I DO NOT have a /etc/xdg directory.
>
> But I do now:
>      Reinstalled:
>      xdg-user-dirs-gtk-0.11-4.fc40.x86_64 xdg-utils-1.2.1-1.fc40.noarch
>      xfce-polkit-0.3-12.fc40.x86_64 xfce4-panel-4.18.6-1.fc40.x86_64
>      xfce4-power-manager-4.18.4-1.fc40.x86_64
> xfce4-session-4.18.4-2.fc40.x86_64
>      xfce4-settings-4.18.6-1.fc40.x86_64
>
> Still won't start startxfce4 with the same errors.
>
> Any suggestions on how to fix this?
>
>
> Many thanks,
> -T
>


Almost figured it out. I renamed my user profile and created
a fresh directory. Guess what starting working. So I know
it is in my profile somewhere. I WILL FIND IT! <minical laughter>


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