#1 2012-09-20 11:20:20

lefoid

Member

Registered: 2010-10-27

Posts: 49

[Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

Hi all,

Well, using Funtoo, the subject says it all :-)
I tried to remove :

~/.cache/session
~/.config/xfce4-session

I also tried to relaunch xfdesktop :

xfdesktop --reload

I changed my theme.
I created a new user, but same problem.
This happened recently after I had to proceed with a huge update (at least 2 weeks ;-) ).
I suspect something from Gnome being launched although I don't want it, but I can't
find anything suspect.
Here are some informations.

ps -A
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:00 init
    2 ?        00:00:00 kthreadd
    3 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
    6 ?        00:00:06 rcu_kthread
    7 ?        00:00:00 khelper
  286 ?        00:00:00 sync_supers
  288 ?        00:00:00 bdi-default
  290 ?        00:00:00 kblockd
  445 ?        00:00:00 ata_sff
  452 ?        00:00:00 khubd
  483 ?        00:00:00 cfg80211
  588 ?        00:00:00 rpciod
  589 ?        00:00:00 kvm-irqfd-clean
  607 ?        00:00:00 kswapd0
  608 ?        00:00:00 fsnotify_mark
  615 ?        00:00:00 nfsiod
  616 ?        00:00:00 cifsiod
  619 ?        00:00:00 xfsalloc
  620 ?        00:00:00 xfs_mru_cache
  621 ?        00:00:00 xfslogd
  623 ?        00:00:00 crypto
  777 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
  780 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
  797 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_2
  800 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_3
  811 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_4
  814 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_5
  817 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:6
  818 ?        00:00:00 kworker/u:7
  836 ?        00:00:01 scsi_eh_6
  839 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_7
  847 ?        00:00:00 bond0
  876 ?        00:00:00 zd1211rw
  893 ?        00:00:00 firewire
  921 ?        00:00:00 wusbd
  939 ?        00:00:00 kpsmoused
  945 ?        00:00:00 exec-osm
  958 ?        00:00:00 kmpathd
  959 ?        00:00:00 kmpath_handlerd
  961 ?        00:00:00 edac-poller
 1000 ?        00:00:00 deferwq
 1076 ?        00:00:00 reiserfs
 1079 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_8
 1080 ?        00:00:02 usb-storage
 1085 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_9
 1086 ?        00:00:00 usb-storage
 1650 ?        00:00:00 udevd
 1809 ?        00:00:00 hd-audio0
 1838 ?        00:00:00 hd-audio1
 1896 ?        00:00:00 ttm_swap
 2183 ?        00:00:00 iprt
 2297 ?        00:00:00 xfs-data/sda5
 2298 ?        00:00:00 xfs-conv/sda5
 2299 ?        00:00:00 xfs-cil/sda5
 2301 ?        00:00:00 xfsaild/sda5
 2531 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 2553 ?        00:00:00 console-kit-dae
 2620 ?        00:00:00 polkitd
 2623 ?        00:00:00 NetworkManager
 2655 ?        00:00:00 flush-8:0
 2656 ?        00:00:00 dhcpcd
 2682 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon
 2683 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon
 2722 ?        00:00:02 mpd
 2734 ?        00:00:00 gdm
 2737 ?        00:00:00 gdm-simple-slav
 2739 ?        00:00:00 cupsd
 2740 tty7     00:04:49 Xorg
 2844 ?        00:00:00 colord
 2849 ?        00:00:00 colord-sane
 2939 ?        00:00:00 accounts-daemon
 2942 ?        00:00:02 clamd
 2948 ?        00:00:05 freshclam
 2960 tty1     00:00:00 agetty
 2961 tty2     00:00:00 agetty
 2962 tty3     00:00:00 agetty
 2963 tty4     00:00:00 agetty
 2964 tty5     00:00:00 agetty
 2965 tty6     00:00:00 agetty
 2993 ?        00:00:00 upowerd
 3046 ?        00:00:00 rtkit-daemon
 3081 ?        00:00:00 gdm-session-wor
 3100 ?        00:00:00 sh
 3122 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
 3123 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 3124 ?        00:00:00 ssh-agent
 3130 ?        00:00:00 xfce4-session
 3132 ?        00:00:00 xfconfd
 3135 ?        00:00:00 gpg-agent
 3136 ?        00:00:21 xfwm4
 3138 ?        00:00:01 Thunar
 3140 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd
 3142 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-fuse-daemo
 3149 ?        00:00:05 xfce4-panel
 3150 ?        00:00:01 xfdesktop
 3151 ?        00:00:00 xfsettingsd
 3152 ?        01:19:21 thunderbird
 3160 ?        00:00:00 xfce4-power-man
 3165 ?        00:00:00 panel-7-actions
 3167 ?        00:00:00 xfce4-linelight
 3168 ?        00:00:22 panel-9-weather
 3169 ?        00:00:00 panel-3-systray
 3170 ?        00:00:00 xfce4-mixer-plu
 3171 ?        00:00:00 xfce4-oragecloc
 3174 ?        00:00:00 gconfd-2
 3180 ?        00:00:03 pulseaudio
 3181 ?        00:00:00 turboprint-moni
 3183 ?        00:00:00 xfce4-clipman
 3187 ?        00:00:00 orage
 3189 ?        00:00:00 gnome-fallback-
 3216 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-gdu-volume
 3220 ?        00:00:00 gdu-notificatio
 3223 ?        00:00:00 bluetooth-apple
 3225 ?        00:00:01 udisks-daemon
 3227 ?        00:00:00 polkit-gnome-au
 3230 ?        00:00:01 udisks-daemon
 3237 ?        00:00:00 nm-applet
 3245 ?        00:00:00 xscreensaver
 3249 ?        00:00:00 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
 3251 ?        00:00:00 applet.py
 3256 ?        00:00:00 jbd2/sdf5-8
 3257 ?        00:00:00 ext4-dio-unwrit
 3266 ?        00:00:00 mount.ntfs-3g
 3272 ?        00:00:00 at-spi-bus-laun
 5780 ?        00:05:48 skype
 6021 ?        00:00:03 gmpc
 6193 ?        00:00:00 vlc
12728 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_10
12729 ?        00:00:01 usb-storage
12844 ?        00:00:00 udevd
12845 ?        00:00:00 udevd
15676 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-trash
15678 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-network
15688 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-dnssd
19169 ?        00:00:00 gvfsd-metadata
19333 ?        00:00:01 kworker/0:1
19342 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:0
19351 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:2
19503 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:3
19530 ?        00:00:05 chrome
19533 ?        00:00:00 chrome
19534 ?        00:00:00 chrome
19538 ?        00:00:00 nacl_helper_boo
19566 ?        00:00:01 chrome
19574 ?        00:00:00 chrome
19588 ?        00:00:02 chrome
19594 ?        00:00:00 chrome
19602 ?        00:00:00 chrome
19664 ?        00:00:00 scp-dbus-servic
19678 ?        00:00:00 xfce4-notifyd
19709 ?        00:00:11 chrome
19732 ?        00:00:00 tumblerd
19743 ?        00:00:00 kworker/0:4
19747 ?        00:00:00 Terminal
19748 ?        00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
19749 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
19754 pts/0    00:00:00 su
19757 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
19761 pts/0    00:00:00 ps

This is /etc/portage/make.conf :

# These settings were set by the metro build script that automatically built this stage.
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example.

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=corei7 -O2 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="-march=corei7 -O2 -pipe"
SYNC="git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git"
MAKEOPTS="-j5 -l5"
LINGUAS="fr"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard"
VIDEO_CARDS="vesa radeon"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error info"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="echo:log,warn save:log,warn,error,info syslog:error"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--jobs=5 --load-average=5.0 --with-bdeps y"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"


USE="64bit X aac aalib acl alsa apng arts asyncns avahi bash-completion bogofilter btrfs cairo call caps cdda cdio consolekit -cleartype
-cpudetection collab dbus device-mapper dillo dts dvd extra fat fbcon ffmpeg fontforge freetype fuse gdu ggi glib gmail gphoto2 grammar gstreamer gtk gtk3
icu icq irc ipod ipv6 jack jabber java joystick jpeg latex libcaca libkms libmpeg2 libsamplerate libv4l live
math matroska minizip mono mp3 mpd mpeg msn musepack ncurses networkmanager nls nsplugin ntfs odk ofx ogg opengl openxml oss ots
pdfimport png policykit pulseaudio realtime reiser4 reiserfs ruby_targets_ruby19
samba scanner screen sdl secure-delete sip skins smime smpeg speex sqlite static-libs stream system-sqlite
taglib tcpd theora thesaurus threads truetype udev unicode unlock-notify usb userlocales
v4l vorbis webgl webkit wifi win32codecs wmf wordperfect wxwindows x264 xcomposite xface xfs xhtml xinerama xosd xv x11 xvid yahoo
-gnome3 -gnome -kde -kdeenablefinal -ldap -qt3 -qt3support -qt4"

If I register something on the desktop, it appears in the Desktop folder, but not on the screen.
I don't have, obviously, the trash icon, or anything that is mounted.
I will be happy to get any help to sort this out.
Thanks.

Last edited by lefoid (2012-09-24 18:27:40)

dodo3773

Member

Registered: 2012-09-19

Posts: 14

Re: [Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

Did maybe the default options get changed when it got updated or something? I know it sounds too simple to be true but it may be worth checking:

Settings > Desktop Settings > Behavior > Desktop Icons

Also, I had a problem a while back where no matter what I did nautilus would keep messing my desktop up. My solution in the end was to just uninstall nautilus. If your wallpaper is still being managed through xfce settings I do not see how this could be the case though.

lefoid

Member

Registered: 2010-10-27

Posts: 49

Re: [Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

Hi dodo3773,

Thanks for your answer.
I tried what you wrote but was without success.

I am now wondering if this can come from a udev problem as I have seen some
udevd issues during start (such as : udevd[1891] : failed to execute : '/lib64/udev/udev-acl' 'udev-acl --action=change --device=/dev/dri/card0' : No such file or directory)
There are about 20 issues like this one. (Unfortunately I don't know how to see them all. Which log file is it ?)

On the other hand, I don't see what my problem can have to do with udev.

dodo3773

Member

Registered: 2012-09-19

Posts: 14

Re: [Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

Yeah, I do not see how this could be a udev problem. The drive mounting could be. But that would not explain why your other icons are not showing up like /home. Maybe it has something to do with your icon theme?

dodo3773

Member

Registered: 2012-09-19

Posts: 14

Re: [Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

Also, you may want to check your USE flags for xfdesktop. I think you may need to compile it with thunar to make it draw the desktop (I read that somewhere).

lefoid

Member

Registered: 2010-10-27

Posts: 49

Re: [Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

Well, it was working without until then, but just in case I'm going to try it.
Answer in about a week as it's time for me to go on vacations.
I'll let you know.

lefoid

Member

Registered: 2010-10-27

Posts: 49

Re: [Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

It was faster than this.
Explosion of the CPU, my computer melted while my screen was showing me beautiful icons :-)

So, that was it, a simple USE flag.
Thanks a lot for your help dodo3773.

dodo3773

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Registered: 2012-09-19

Posts: 14

Re: [Xfce] No icons on desktop with Xfce 4.10 (solved)

You're welcome. Happy to help.