Talk:XFCE

why bother with system-config-services, when one can simply use chkconfig?

Anyone else having trouble with Gtk*** cannot open display because of an MIT_MAGIC-COOKIE-1 authentication error? It happens when I add wifi-radar -d to the automatically starting applications and disable the network manager. I notice that I am no longer XX-XX-XX-XX but localhost and thereafter dhcppc3 (once wifi-radar connects)?

I am losing the mouse cursor in XFCE, after following the instructions exactly. Everything works - it's just that the mouse cursor disappears, making everything a bit pointless. Any ideas?

Wifi-Radar and Connectivity

Is anybody using Wifi-Radar successfully? If so, with what sort of network connection? Is anybody successfully using another method?

I am able to connect to my personal WAP using the method described on the Manual Wireless Association page. I've created a script as follows (run as root):

/sbin/dhclient -r #turn off dhcp if on
/sbin/service NetworkManager stop
/sbin/service network stop
/sbin/iwconfig eth0 essid "mywapname" key 26hexdigitkey
sleep 5 #iwconfig comes right back, let connection settle
/sbin/dhclient -1 eth0

This proves I can connect, but is obviously not a great long term solution.

When I run wifi-radar it fails to establish a DHCP connection. It fails so poisonously that I have to turn the XO off before my script will connect again. I am running my WAP with WEP 26 digit passoword.

Thanks - Rmyers (Bob Myers)

Automount of SD-cards (and other usb-mounted memory)

After changing my .xsession to launch xfce, I found that my SD-cards are no longer mounted. Further investigation showed that it is the Journal activity that is in charge of auto mounting the internal and external usb-memory as they are inserted into the computer. So how do you get the corresponding functionality when running xfce? It would be great if this was explained on this page.