On 08/21/2012 09:46:32 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:24:05 -0400 (EDT) > Max Pyziur <pyz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > Today, suddenly certain keyboard and windowing functionality > stopped. > > > > No longer can I cycle through windows on a desktop by using Alt- > Tab. > > Also, the windowing capabilities - maximize/minimize a window > > disappeared. There are a few other similar abnormalities. > > > > I thought that this may have been due to some sort of a software > > update; but I haven't done any in the last few days. > > > > I know that there is an oddity/bug in XFCE that the keyboard stops > > functioning if you hold down one of the shift keys for too long. > > > > But this seems to be something very differt. > > > > If anyone has experienced this problem and resolved it, please > share > > your solution. > > > > Otherwise, it's into the Gnome 3 world. > > Sounds like (as several other folks have mentioned) xfwm4 died. > > If you can get to a terminal, do: > > xfwm4 --replace & > > If you cannot, you can try clearing your session out and logging in > again: > > rm ~/.cache/sessions/xfce4-sessions* > > Note that this will clear out things like what applications you had > running, etc. > Here's a solution to the problem of restarting xfwm4 without a keyboard. Put the command in a launcher. I haven't confirmed this yet, but as there is no keyboard involved, it should work. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
