[arch] Too-aggresive cleaning removed my window manager: how can I re-install it (xfce4, xfwm4)

[Rodrigo Coacci]

2007/2/19, michael at michaelshiloh.com <michael at michaelshiloh.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was running out of space yesterday so I removed what I thought were some
> unnecessary packages. Not thinking clearly, I removed xfwm4, thinking that
> my
> window manager is xfce4, and that I didn't need xfwm4.
>
> When I rebooted, my familiar xfce4 X server started, and my task bar with
> my
> various applets seemed ok. But when I invoked an xterm I didn't get the
> top bar
> that let's me maximize/minimize and most importantly move around the
> window.
> It was then that I noticed that my virtual desktop switcher was missing,
> so I
> knew I had broken something.
>
> A quick google taught me that xfwm4 is the window manager for xfce4, so I
> was
> wrong to remove it. No problem, a quick pacman -S got that.
>
> However, the window manager doesn't seem to be active, even after shutting
> down and restart my X server.
>
> Having removed it, is there something I need to do to activate it?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Michael
>
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That's because tou probably saved the session (xfce automacally saves the
session when you logout, if not otherwise selected on xfce options) without
xfwm loaded. Just run xfwm4 from a terminal (or the xfrun-dialog) and then
logout. When you login, xfwm should be back on his own.

-- 
Cheers,
      Rodrigo

A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open
windows.
                   ~Linus Torvalds
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