On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:49:19 -0600 Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This happened in F15 and I thought I was just ignorant. > Now that it has happened again in F16 I realize it is a software > problem. > When Gnome is configured for a user and then the user tries to use > Xfce they find that the Xfce is corrupted in various ways. Namely: What do you mean by 'gnome is configured for a user' ? They logged in with gnome? something else? > 1. when Firefox is run the top menu choices can not be used. You click > on Edit for example and you see the Edit menu, When you move the > cursor down the menu and the menu disappears. Sounds like a window manager focus issue... > 2. Gnome display image bleeds into Xfce. display image? Not sure what you mean here... > 3. Evolution after awhile has the same problem as Firefox. > 4. Running the Software Update program causes the update window to be > so large that you can't see the options like "Install" at the bottom > of the window, Whats your screen resolution? > 5. You can't set up multiple workspaces. > etc., etc and so forth. What happens when you try and do so? > In F15 the corruptions were slightly different. Foe example the menu > you got when you clicked on the Desktop was the Gnome menu not the > Xfce menu. > Other strange things happened like you get a view of the home > directory immediately when you log in to Xfce, > > It would be interesting to hear whether others have seen similar > effects. It sounds like somehow you have had metacity take over for xfwm4. Can you open up a terminal and run a 'ps aux' and see which window manager is running? xfwm4 --replace & and then logging out and back on to save the session with xfwm4 running might help? kevin
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