HELP with xfce window bars and buttons - MX16

[mihail_bc]

@ Huck it did not work. But system works, except this part of windows related stuff. Perhaps another type of xfce reset?

@ Eadwine (the a from the end of cmd line wasnt recognized, so here is the output for the rest)

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$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:    Host: mx1 Kernel: 4.8.0-2.1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 4.9.2 
           Desktop: N/A dm: lightdm 1.10.3 Distro: MX-16_x64 Metamorphosis 12 December 2016 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude E6430 v: 01 serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 9 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0CPWYR v: A00 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A18 date: 01/18/2016 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0.2 Wh condition: 2.0/62.2 Wh (3%) volts: 9.1/11.1 
           model: LGC-LGC2.8 DELL HMYXT3B type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3340M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           rev: 9 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21545 
           Speed: 1700 MHz min/max: 1200/2701 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1700 2: 1300 3: 1200 
           4: 1300 
Graphics:  Card-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
           chip ID: 8086:0166 
           Display: server: X.Org 1.16.4 driver: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 12.0.3 compat-v: 3.0 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Card-1: Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:1e20 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.8.0-2.1-liquorix-amd64 
Network:   Card-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f080 
           bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:0082 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 465.76 GiB used: 374.81 GiB (80.5%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HGST HTS725050A7E630 size: 465.76 GiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: A560 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 458.33 GiB used: 374.81 GiB (81.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 31.0 C sodimm: 31.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:     No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/antix/jessie/ jessie main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
           1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.lug.ro/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.lug.ro/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
           3: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ jessie non-free main
           4: deb http://ftp.lug.ro/debian/ jessie-backports main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx16.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ mx16 non-free main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
           1: deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free
Info:      Processes: 208 Uptime: 5m Memory: 7.71 GiB used: 574.4 MiB (7.3%) Init: SysVinit 
           v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Compilers: gcc: 4.9.2 alt: 4.9 Shell: bash v: 4.3.30 
           running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.10 

perhaps someone here can upload the xfce config files from home and I could overwrite mine?

or perhaps replace xfce with lxde?

[Huckleberry Finn]

... Perhaps another type of xfce reset? ...perhaps someone here can upload the xfce ... or perhaps replace xfce with lxde?..

Yes, of course you can install other DEs (or WMs like Openbox or Fluxbox) which are available in MXPI in that release, then login with that one (switch on login window).

Till then (and for you wanted only):

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  cp -R /etc/skel/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/

  Reboot or logout, login.

• If still not (more radical):
  

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  cp -R /etc/skel/.config/xfce4/ ~/.config/

  Reboot or logout, login.

[Huckleberry Finn]

In the meantime your QSI shows Desktop: N/A

Therefore it's normal. You can even reinstall Xfce.

[mihail_bc]

thank you for your answer
however I cant tell whats missing from the xfce enviroment..
I havent installed/uninstalled/removed nothing
what should I look for?

I will try with other DE to see if I manage.

Later edit: I am on lxde now but when I click start menu button gives error on the screen:

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could'nt change the directory to " "

There is a blank between quotes there, as I wrote and I only can click ok. So the start menu does not work from the begining of the session, but works after I execute a program like firefox or something else... Weird.
I was able to start firefox by clicking a saved page. However if you can help I still would like the "before" configuration... Thanks.