My desk is missing things [Solved]

[MXRobo]

MX Tweak>Panel - - Affects all panels - - Restore backup panel configuration.

[asher]

OK restore panel Open a terminal and type:
mv ~/.config/xfce4.bak ~/.config/xfce4

[asher]

OK restore panel Open a terminal and type:
mv ~/.config/xfce4.bak ~/.config/xfce4

yes OK I am ready to let you know that I have searched the xfce forums and they know about the issue. And this has and is happening to some XFCE users. I have done everything that I can think of too. On how to restore your desktop to original condition. And at this time I am hoping that you made a back up before the crash and I would use that.

However if you do not have a backup well,

OK steps that may help you:
Step 1:
There's a temporary solution. Change wallpaper from solid colors to any image.

All other options are not suggested but left here for the MX Team to go over:
Step 1: did not reset Desktop
MX-tweak
Step 2: did not reset Desktop
CTRL+ALT+F2 logged in. Was Logged out as user in Desktop.
killall xfce4-panel
xfwm4 --replace
restart
Step 3: did not reset Desktop
CTRL+ALT+F2 logged in. Was Logged out as user in Desktop.
rm -fdr ~/.cache/sessions/*
rm -fdr ~/.config/
cp -r /etc/skel/.config/ ~/.config/
Step 4: create a new user (MX way)
When open up XFCE corners still did not work.
Step 5: VM MX Linux (sftp,ssh)
copied configuration file ~/.config/ to current
Step 6: Created new user
The new user is experiencing the same problems with XFCE.

Found this suggestion on the internet, did not do this but here it is. There was one more suggestion: In my case I somehow fixed it by reinstalling LightDM
But I am not sure of that one.

And the only other suggestion that I have is to install KDE or purge XFCE and reinstall and I definitely don't want to tell a new user to do that and it might not even work since I have not tried it. I did install KDE and it did NOT help XFCE.

[asher]

GOT IT!!!
open Window-Manager-Tweaks
AKA xfwm4-tweaks-settings

I unchecked and rechecked
or I checked and uncheck
every option on every tab.
and Then the desktop Started Acting normal for me.

[senador]

i've tried these tips, but without success. More about weird behaviour in my desktop: during the boot, a window terminal appears just before Conky and remain in the background!

[asher]

OK I just had the white screen of death just now. the background was all white and the icons where all gone.

Solution:
Open up MX Tweaks
Click the tab->Display
Change your Resolution to something different click apply. my background screen came back. But Icons still missing
Changed by to original resolution.

then changed xrandr from 1.00 to 1.05 clicked apply and my icons came back.
changed xrandr back to 1.00

[senador]

These tips don't work in my system.

Anyway, why does appear a terminal window over the wallpaper during the boot process? It occurs after Conky and before Panel... Where can I configure wich applications run at start-up?

[CharlesV]

These tips don't work in my system.

Anyway, why does appear a terminal window over the wallpaper during the boot process? It occurs after Conky and before Panel... Where can I configure wich applications run at start-up?

From the MX menu, Session and Startup. Application Autostart tab.

[senador]

Bingo!

MX menu > Session and Startup > Sessions saved
... and delete the session that I apparently must have saved a few days ago without realising it.

Thank you everyone around here for putting me on the track!