**Debian Buster; Xfce version 4.12; Thunar version 1.8.4** In my /usr/share/applications/ directory (using **Thunar**), there are three .desktop file listings that do not display the correct icon. It is interesting to note that said three .desktop files are the only ones in said directory that stipulate the icon file in the below fashion (what follows are copies of each subject .desktop file's Icon=... line): Icon=ca.desrt.dconf-editor Icon=org.gnome.Evince Icon=org.gnome.Yelp It is also interesting to note that the correct icons appear in the **Xfce** whisker menu. For each of these three cases, I am able to find multiple instances of the proper icons in (and only in) the /usr/share/icons/hicolor directory. In addition, all of the non-affected .desktop files in said /usr/share/applications/ directory specify specific icon paths or a generic icon name (e.g. Icon=xfwm4). I have updated the relevant icon cache (using, as root, gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/) with no joy. I'm currently using the **Tango** icon theme in **Xfce** and do not wish to change that setting. I realize that, as a workaround, I could simply specify a path to the desired icon in each of the three subject .desktop files, but am curious as to what the problem could be?

I am running Arch Linux and have Xfce4 installed along with Chromium. I want to make Chromium my default web browser, but unless I pass the option --user-data-dir=/home/chris, it doesn't start because I am the root user. I have tried going to Applications->Settings->Preferred Applications in Xfce and setting the web browser to /usr/bin/chromium "%s" --user-data-dir=/home/chris (I have also switched "%s" and the option). However, when I click on the web browser icon in the bottom panel, I get the normal Chromium error (can't run as root) and another error Failed to Execute default Web Browser - Input/Output Error So, my question is how can I make Chromium the default web browser and pass the required argument every time it is started?

I am unable to see the running applications in the panel. I can't switch between open windows. How can I fix it? I tried to open windows manager and windows tweak manager but they won't open. So far I have tried resetting Xfce settings and using dconf-editor to reset all settings to default which didn't work either. Please help.

I have a USB stick that contains the folders "theme" and "icons". I want to copy those two folders to the /home/andrew/.config folder of my computer or any other computer. How can I do that using the terminal? I am on a Linux Mint Xfce system.

Is it possible in xfce running on a Linux system to ensure that an application opened in a specific workspace (e.g., workspace 2) remains there and doesn't follow the user when switching to another workspace, such as workspace 1?

In my current (Fedora 37) XFCE setup, I have sticky keys and all other accessibility features disabled. However Stickey keys are still on, and my Alt-Gr key randomly becomes stuck when I need to enter a couple special characters in a row. I have two problems: I don't know how to "un-stick" that stuck key, other than switching to another keyboard layout with ibus. Even though I have all sticky-key features disabled, they still appear to be enabled, even though xbset q shows them as off.

Accessibility Features (AccessX) = Off
Sticky-Keys = Off

Is there a way how I can permanently, once and for all, disable accessibility features, as in perhaps uninstall a library, etc?

I want a button in XFCE to show me open windows (minimized and maximized) like * *Exposé* (later *Mission Control*) on macOS * *Activities* in GNOME or * *Task View* in Windows 10. I found some tools like *Xfdashboard* and *Skippy-xd*, but they need compiling from source and I get errors from compiling them, and I am new to Linux. Now I use the *compiz* scale. It is good actually, but it only shows maximized windows. It doesn't show minimized windows and the shift switcher compiz has two modes, "cover" and "flip". Both of them aren't my interests. I want them to show like a grid. Finally, I want to say the Activities button is needed for fast switching windows and productivity. My Linux is MX Linux 21_x64 wildflower Xfce-desktop. I have only 4GB of RAM, Gnome and Ubuntu use too much memory. That's why I use Xfce and this is what I want a button to open running applications like these:

I use Clipman - xfce4-clipman-plugin . I sometimes copy two items and want to paste them both, one then the other. I would expect to be able to paste one (ctrl + v), press some keyboard combo to tell clipman to cycle back once, and then I expect to be able to paste (ctrl + v) again and get the other item. Does Clipman support this? I am aware of super + v. That is not what I'm asking for. I want to effortlessly paste the previous item. I have not found anything in the documentation to suggest that this is supported.

I'm on a laptop with no additional monitors connected, but when I run xrandr -q, the output lists two connected devices. Xfce's Display settings dialog also shows two monitors, and so does Xorg.0.log. Here's the xrandr -q output:

0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  59.97    59.96    59.93    48.00  
   1680x1050     59.95    59.88  
   1600x1024     60.17  
   (omitting many more resolutions)
DP-1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768      60.00*  
   800x600       60.32    56.25  
   848x480       60.00  
   640x480       59.94  
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Is this normal? If not, what can I do to remove this imaginary monitor? Restarting the laptop (with no external monitors connected at any point) doesn't change anything. (My guess it that something about this is causing a weird display problem I have - my login screen starts at the wrong resolution, and afterward the resolution gets corrected but the virtual desktop sizes are wrong.) Here are related Xorg.0.log lines - DP-1 (the imaginary monitor) does not have an EDID, but it is listed as connected with initial mode 1024x768, and also seems to somehow cause eDP-1 (the actual laptop monitor) to use initial mode 1024x768 instead of 1920x1080; then it gets classified as a keyboard for some reason:

[    13.093] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 has no monitor section
[    13.921] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 has no monitor section
[    13.921] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 has no monitor section
[    13.921] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-3 has no monitor section
[    13.923] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output eDP-1
[    13.923] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer: BOE  Model: 853  Serial#: 0
[    13.923] (II) modeset(0): Year: 2018  Week: 48
[    13.923] (II) modeset(0): EDID Version: 1.4
(skipping a bunch more EDID information for eDP-1)
[    13.924] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output eDP-1
[    13.924] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  141.72  1920 1968 2000 2124  1080 1083 1089 1112 +hsync -vsync (66.7 kHz eP)
[    13.924] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x119.9  266.50  1920 1944 1960 2000  1080 1081 1084 1111 doublescan +hsync -vsync (133.2 kHz d)
[    13.924] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  173.00  1920 2048 2248 2576  1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync (67.2 kHz d)
(skipping a lot more modelines for eDP-1)
[    14.754] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-1
[    14.754] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output DP-1
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "848x480"x60.0   33.75  848 864 976 1088  480 486 494 517 +hsync +vsync (31.0 kHz e)
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-2
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-3
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 connected
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 connected
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 disconnected
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-3 disconnected
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Using fuzzy aspect match for initial modes
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 using initial mode 1024x768 +0+0
[    14.755] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 using initial mode 1024x768 +0+0
(skipping a bunch of lines that seem unrelated - let me know if I should paste the whole thing)
[    15.141] (II) config/udev: Adding input device DP-1 (/dev/input/event10)
[    15.142] (**) DP-1: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    15.142] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'DP-1'
[    15.142] (**) DP-1: always reports core events
[    15.142] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event10"
[    15.142] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    15.144] (II) event10 - DP-1: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Pointingstick
[    15.144] (II) event10 - DP-1: device is a pointer
[    15.144] (II) event10 - DP-1: device is a keyboard
[    15.145] (II) event10 - DP-1: device removed
[    15.161] (II) libinput: DP-1: needs a virtual subdevice
[    15.162] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/rc/rc0/input11/event10"
[    15.162] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "DP-1" (type: MOUSE, id 9)
[    15.162] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    15.162] (**) DP-1: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    15.162] (**) DP-1: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    15.162] (**) DP-1: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    15.164] (II) event10 - DP-1: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Pointingstick
[    15.165] (II) event10 - DP-1: device is a pointer
[    15.165] (II) event10 - DP-1: device is a keyboard

Unfortunately my Xorg.0.log.old is from the same day and has the same issues, but I found an Xorg.1.log.old from last year which doesn't. It lists the same eDP-1, but doesn't list any information for DP-1 or classify it as a keyboard or list it as connected, and the initial display mode was 1920x1080 (which is what it should be):

[   942.577] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-1
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-2
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-3
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 connected
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 disconnected
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 disconnected
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-3 disconnected
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
    [   942.577] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 using initial mode 1920x1080 +0+0

I'm on a ThinkPad P1 with Xubuntu 20.04 and Xfce 4.14.

I installed a clean version of Manjaro. When I boot up, I make it all the way to the log in screen. When I enter my password, the login prompt disappears and I get the Manjaro background with a cursor. I can move the cursor but nothing else. Nothing comes up and it stays on this screen forever. Before logging in I’ve tried the Ctrl+F2 then Ctrl+F7 thing, but when I do Ctrl+F7 the screen freezes and I can’t move the mouse or anything. Please help, I’ve been having this problem for a while and I’ve never logged into the system yet. I have an Nvidia Graphics Card and Core i7 processor. It is running Xfce

Debian Jessie, Xfce4 ver. 4.10, HPLIP ver. 3.14.6 **UPDATE:** This issue is still present as of Debian Buster... After upgrading from Debian Wheezy to Jessie (yeah, I know...), started getting the following (level 1/alert) notice in the boot logs: hp-systray[PID]: error: option -s not recognized Closer scrutiny of the subject log entry revealed that the command /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/hp-systray -session .... had been attempted at some point during the login process. Running said command in a terminal does indeed produce the subject error squawk. Turns out that -session is not a valid switch for this command... Never saw said notice when running Wheezy. Internet research yielded the observation that this problem seems to be relatively rare, seemingly innocuous, has been around for at least 10 years, and has never been explained. I have noticed that, if I kill the hp-systray process before shutdown, the problem is not there upon the subsequent boot, but will return for any follow-on boot not preceded by said "kill" operation. Any ideas?

While trying to use Nautilus as primary file manager for Xfce I noticed that it seems impossible to reach the preferences menu in Xfce. On a normal Ubuntu installation with GNOME or similar it is reachable by using the menu in the top bar under the File section. The problem is that Xfce and KDE don't have such a bar, and it seems that the application menu is not showing anywhere. Is this normal, and is there a way to get around this (with the same keyboard shortcut or another)? It works as it is, but it's not configurable at all.

I've been using XFCE for about a week now; I finally gave up on KDE on my desktop because of too many problems with the set-up there (switching between multiple users with multiple X servers running different WM/DE combinations, three monitors and two videocards; it is this last part which seems to have hamstrung KDE when switching users/X instances). Anyway, XFCE has proven to be very stable in that context, and has gotten me into using XDG files for panel menus, which seem to be very straightforward; I have a menu file that looks like this: GoldilocksDE /home/goldilocks/xdg/applications Goldilocks-favourites Then everytime I want to add an app to that list, I just stick its desktop file in /home/goldilocks/xdg/applications and it is added to the menu without having to reload, restart, or do anything further. Very nice. For the most part, I've just been copying these in from /usr/share/applications, and adding Goldilocks-favourites to Categories. There's still the default panel menu with a bunch of submenus that contains everything and I'm not bothering with editing that or using xdg-desktop-menu; the customized menu above is just for the half dozen or so things I use most often. I'm using a custom path instead of ~/.local/share/applications since the system/installers/the package manager uses that. I've copied entries out of there too. But now I am confused. I tried to copy in an entry for okular; there's two on the system I could find, one left behind in /usr/share/appplications/kde4 (actually there's a bunch of okularApplication_foo.desktop ones in there that seem to be about different mime types), and one in ~/.local/share/applications. Neither of them work when copied into the custom /home/goldilocks/xdg/applications. I also took one for an application which does work and just replaced a few values appropriately. [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Okular Comment=Document viewer Exec=okular Icon=okular Type=Application Terminal=false Categories=Goldilocks-favourites X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22 No dice. It is just not in the menu. XFCE does not seem to log errors or anything anywhere AFAICT (there's nothing in /var/log/syslog, and I get a copy of anything using syslog dumped there; journald runs mostly castrated and never shows anything additional to that). So I've been looking at the man pages found with apropos xdg, there's not much there, and [this freedesktop page](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s02.html) makes the format sound as simple and open as I think it is, with the exception of *"the 'reverse DNS' convention e.g. org.example.FooViewer.desktop"* which **none** of the desktop files on the system have followed anyway. I also can't seem to find the Okular.desktop file that the big default menu (/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu) uses despite having read this and noted the contents of env | grep XDG. It doesn't seem to be one of the the files mentioned above, since if I tweak them (e.g., change the icon) it doesn't affect the menu. Does anyone understand what the issue is here?

I tried doing the following to add a new category named "Electronics" in Whisker Menu on Linux Mint 17.1 with Xfce 4.10.1: 1. I added this text to ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu just after rest of entries for categories

    <Menu>
        <Name>Electronics</Name>
        <Directory>xfce-electronics.directory</Directory>
        <Layout>
            <Merge type="menus" />
            <Filename>geda-gattrib.desktop</Filename>
            <Merge type="files" />
        </Layout>
    </Menu>

and Electronics down in the file (with other similar entries). 2. Then, I added Electronics to ~/.config/menus/applications.menu along with similar entries. 3. Last, I made a new file named ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/xfce-electronics.directory and added wrote the following to it:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Type=Directory
    Icon=file-manager
    Name=Electronics
    Comment=

However, I am not seeing a new category in either Whisker Menu or Alacarte or Menulibre (menu editors). Is there something else to be done that I missed?

The method of using ctrl + shift and clicking on the item in the file manager does not work. Is there another method to achieve the creation of a symlink from the desktop? thanks for any hint

as the title is says, I want to disable all methods (buttons, commands, etc.) an unprivileged user have to turn a system into any standby-mode (sleep|hibernate|hybrid) under xfce4. I found out that with a kioskrc file, we can disable to save user sessions.

# /etc/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc
[xfce4-session]
SaveSession=NONE

When double clicking a file i would like it to open in ghostty terminal emulator with nano i tried putting

EDITOR='nano -x'

and

VISUAL='nano -x'

in the .bashrc file, but does nothing when ghostty is my default terminal. is there a way to achieve that?

I am trying to use "loginctl" to terminate a session like below: loginctl terminate-session 1 where 1 is session id. But after the command is executed, black screen is observed & I have to click power button of my laptop to shutdown. Basically what I am looking for is a graceful method to get out of this situation. Also, I am working on Xubuntu.

I recently switched over to Xfce and really enjoy it. However, when I went in to my settings to change the appearance, the theme that I liked best was "Xfce-dusk" with one exception: The default colors for application tabs are so dark that it's hard to tell where they are. I hunted around for a little while looking anywhere I could to see where the styles for the tabs are set in the theme configuration file and couldn't find anything that looked like it would do what I need. The file I've found to define the theme was: /usr/share/themes/Xfce-dusl/gtk-2.0/gtkrc But looking through that file, I can't find anything that seems to apply. Any suggestions? Normally I'm a command-line only sort of guy and don't really know much about WMs or theming, and don't even know the terms of what I'm trying to modify, so my Google searches are coming up painfully empty. Here is a screenshot of the type of tabs I want to modify.

I installed two greeters: ls -la /usr/share/xgreeters -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187 Sep 6 2022 lightdm-gtk-greeter.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 May 25 04:52 lightdm-mini-greeter.desktop And made the change to select a greeter session in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf: greeter-session = lightdm-mini-greeter I have the greeter config in /etc/lightdm/lightdm-mini-greeter.conf. This is per instructions on https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LightDM and https://github.com/prikhi/lightdm-mini-greeter . However, looking at the logs in /var/log/lightdm from when the system boots: [+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf [+0.00s] DEBUG: [LightDM] contains unknown option greeter-session ... [+1.45s] DEBUG: Session pid=599: Running command /usr/bin/lightdm-gtk-greeter I am then greeted by the default gtk greeter. If you can share any idea what I may be doing wrong, or what else I should configure?