After upgrading to daily snapshots r26175 the panel menu and all desktop icons disappeared, the xfce4-popup-menu no longer works. Reverting xfdesktop-r26175 to version 26070 solves the problem but the menu.xml can no longer be used, and seems to be replaced by xfce-applications.menu
Did you install libxfce4menu?
(In reply to comment #1) > Did you install libxfce4menu? > Yes I did, I compiled and installed libxfce4menu-r26175
Please attach xfdesktop config.log. Also, kill xfdesktop and run from a terminal -- look for any output.
Created attachment 1409 xfdesktop config.log
Created attachment 1410 output from xfdesktop running on a terminal
It looks like it's working. Does /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu exist and look like a valid xml file?
Created attachment 1412 xfce4-panel output when started from a terminal There is a strange error: attempt to allocate widget with width -9 and height 1
(In reply to comment #6) > It looks like it's working. Does /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu exist > and look like a valid xml file? > That menu exists and works perfectly after downgrading to xfdestop 26070-2, I found a mention of a similar problem (xfce4-menu disappeared) on http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38665 where it is mentioned the problem is xfdesktop-svn-26127-2! Today I also tried verion 26201, here also no menu in the panel nor the desktop, no desktop icons, no rightclick menu. When I use the nautilus desktop, it shows icons, but there is no menu until I instal xfdesktop 26070.
What version of libxfce4menu do you have installed?
(In reply to comment #9) > What version of libxfce4menu do you have installed? > libxfce4menu-r26201.tar.bz2 I did some investigation and found that the problem with the panel menu is related to the files /usr/lib/xfce4/modules/xfce4_desktop_menu.so and /usr/libexec/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-menu-plugin The panel menu reappears with the versions of these files from xfdestop 26070 which I actually don't use because I prefer the nautilus desktop.
(In reply to comment #10) Using the latest development version (4.5.x) from SVN the xfdesktop always crashes ending with --- xfdesktop: symbol lookup error: xfdesktop: undefined symbol: xfce_posix_signal_handler_init --- This does not happen with version 26070 which works well. I am using Debian Sid with Kernel 2.6.24-1-686.
Update libxfce4util.
(In reply to comment #12) > Update libxfce4util. > I am already using all the files of the latest SVN version 26635!
Then you've compiled/installed something incorrectly, or you have an older version of libxfce4util hanging around that's getting picked up at runtime. That symbol is most definitely present.
(In reply to comment #14) > Then you've compiled/installed something incorrectly, or you have an older > version of libxfce4util hanging around that's getting picked up at runtime. > That symbol is most definitely present. I now have compiled (without errors) and installed version 4.5.90 (Xfce 4.6 ALPHA). The icons on the desktop still don't appear (apart from the trash, home, file system and directory icons). When I create a new launcher, the right icon appears in the launcher but after clicking 'create' there is only a white icon on the desktop. I checked my whole Debian/sid system, there is no old libxfce4util hanging around, all are from the latest version (date 9-14-2008). All the icons from Rodent, Gnome and KDE are installed on my system.
What do you get when you run 'xfdesktop --version' from a terminal?
(In reply to comment #16) > What do you get when you run 'xfdesktop --version' from a terminal? jos@jewel:~$ xfdesktop --version This is xfdesktop version 4.5.90, running on Xfce 4.5.90. Built with GTK+ 2.12.11, linked with GTK+ 2.12.11. Build options: Desktop Menu: enabled Desktop Icons: enabled Desktop File Icons: enabled jos@jewel:~$ Thunar shows the right icons and so does the old version of xfdesktop r26070 too.
(In reply to comment #17) > (In reply to comment #16) > > What do you get when you run 'xfdesktop --version' from a terminal? > > jos@jewel:~$ xfdesktop --version > This is xfdesktop version 4.5.90, running on Xfce 4.5.90. > Built with GTK+ 2.12.11, linked with GTK+ 2.12.11. > Build options: > Desktop Menu: enabled > Desktop Icons: enabled > Desktop File Icons: enabled > jos@jewel:~$ > > Thunar shows the right icons and so does the old version of xfdesktop r26070 > too. The desktop menu and the panel menu also show the right icons.
Er... right icons? I thought this bug was about xfdesktop not starting because of a missing symbol per your comment #11. If you have two separate issues, please file two separate bugs.
(In reply to comment #19) > Er... right icons? I thought this bug was about xfdesktop not starting because > of a missing symbol per your comment #11. If you have two separate issues, > please file two separate bugs. The initial reason for filing the bug was about the icons and the menu (comment #1). The problem with the menu is already resolved. The crash reported in #11 about the undefined symbol happened only with the revision used at that time (2008-2-24) and is also resolved. The remainig issue with the desktop icons is still the same, since r26175.
Ok, then clearly I just don't understand what the problem is here. Can you try explaining it a different way? What do you mean that the icons "disappeared"?
(In reply to comment #21) > Ok, then clearly I just don't understand what the problem is here. Can you try > explaining it a different way? What do you mean that the icons "disappeared"? I am sorry but I noticed that I filed two bug reports about the same issue: #3874 and #3625. It's my error. To summarize the icon issue: The desktop only shows home, trash and directories icons, all the application icons on the desktop are replaced by the same /mimetypes/application-x-desktop.png. When I replace the current desktop by the old one (r26070) then the right icons reappear! When I create a new launcher, the right icon appears in the launcher but after clicking 'create' there is only an 'application-x-desktop.png' icon on the desktop.
Are you similar to bug #4275?
(In reply to comment #23) > Are you similar to bug #4275? Yes, it seems to be the same! It is quite an old problem, I noticed this already in Oct. 2007.
Fixed in rev 27948
cool.