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--- computing:department:unix:offsite:fastx [2016/02/12 09:49] – guide to using fastx cavan
+++ computing:department:unix:offsite:fastx [2016/04/13 16:09] (current) – allan
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-. This should bring you to a Linux desktop (XFCE shown):
+. This should bring you to a Linux desktop (XFCE shown here is our default; we want a simple desktop manager in order to leave system resources available for computational use):
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 . The question mark at the right side of the row of buttons is a help page with explanations of the other buttons.
+===== Resetting your XFCE session =====
+In case you get a blank desktop...
+  - Shut down the panel first, ''xfce4-panel --quit''
+  - Kill the xfce4 configuration daemon, ''pkill xfconfd''
+  - First delete settings for the panel, ''rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/panel''
+  - Clear out the settings for xfconfd, ''rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml''
+  - Restart the panel, run ''xfce4-panel &''.