On 11/01/2016 09:20 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 11/01/2016 02:03 AM, Javier Perez wrote: >> Hi, I need some help >> This is for a home computer >> My desktop manager is freezing (XFCE). I can ssh into the system. >> But I do not know how to restart the desktop manager. >> >> My google fu is not working. I google by "restart desktop manager fedora >> 24" but do not get anything remotely useful. Maybe I am not using the >> magic incantation words. > > First, you'd be wise to look at all the various logs to find out why > it's freezing. I use XFCE as well and I don't have that issue. > > Is it the desktop (session) manager or the display manager? The desktop > manager would be something like "killall -9 xfce4-session" and it should > restart. There are a number of different display managers that could > be used, however (lightdm, sddm, etc.). I use "lightdm" so the command > would be "killall -9 lightdm" to kill it. > > YMMV Oh, I forgot, also "killall -9 xfdesktop" (that's the actual desktop). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - "Swap memory error: You lose your mind" - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
