xfce updates borked desktop

Antonio Huete Jiménez tuxillo at quantumachine.net
Tue Feb 23 06:32:43 PST 2021


Hi Antonio,

Have you used the bulletproof method to upgrade your installation? If  
not, probably some older package not replaced by the upgrade process  
might be giving trouble.
It's also mentioned here:  
https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2021/02/19/25460.html#comments-heading

Regards,
Antonio Huete

Quoting Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at gmail.com>:

> Dear dflybsd users,
>
> recent updates to xfce have removed some items from the desktop.
> Application menu has been removed.  I try to add it back and I get
>
> ``Plugin "Applications Menu" unexpectedly left the panel, do you want
> to restart it?
>
> The plugin restarted more than once in the last 60 seconds. If you
> press Execute the panel will try to restart the plugin otherwise it
> will be permanently removed from the panel.  ''
>
> I click on Execute and it does not come back.
> I click on terminal and it gives me that it cannot launch Failed to
> execute command "exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator"
>
> I wonder if reinitializing xfce like remove ~/.config/xfce directory
> or something will get it back to normal?
>
> Any advice/suggestions?
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Antonio






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