[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#321653: xfce4: fails when ~/.config file exists

[Michael Below]

Package: xfce4
Version: 4.2.2
Severity: normal

I just did the update from 4.0.x with testing. When starting
X for the first time after the upgrade, my settings in ~/.xfce4/
were ignored, and selecting the config button/menu entry didn't
show any reaction. Also, the window selector on the top was
permanently blank, even if I started additional programs besides
those in my .xsession. After selecting the config button/menu
entry a couple of times, xfce crashed, taking all programs with
it, returning me to the usual XDM login screen.

I solved this by moving a file called .config that happened to be
in my home directory. Now everything seems to work.

Michael Below

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages xfce4 depends on:
ii  gtk2-engines-xfce             2.2.7-1    A GTK+-2.0 theme engine for Xfce
ii  xfce4-icon-theme              4.2.2-1    Xfce Standard icon theme
ii  xfce4-mcs-plugins             4.2.2-1    Special modules for the xfce4-mcs-
ii  xfce4-panel                   4.2.2-1    The Xfce4 desktop environment pane
ii  xfce4-session                 4.2.2-1    Xfce4 Session Manager
ii  xfce4-utils                   4.2.2-1    Various tools for Xfce
ii  xfdesktop4                    4.2.2-1    Provides desktop background and ro
ii  xffm4                         4.2.2-1    File manager for the Xfce4 desktop
ii  xfwm4                         4.2.2-1    window manager of the Xfce project
ii  xfwm4-themes                  4.2.2-1    Theme files for xfwm4

Versions of packages xfce4 recommends:
ii  xfcalendar                    4.2.2-1    Time-managing application for the 
ii  xfce4-iconbox                 4.2.2-1    Iconbox for the Xfce4 Desktop Envi
ii  xfce4-mixer                   4.2.2-1    Xfce4 Mixer frontend
ii  xfce4-systray                 4.2.2-1    Systray panel plugin for Xfce4 pan
ii  xfce4-toys                    4.2.2-1    Eyes plugin for Xfce4 panel and xf
ii  xfce4-trigger-launcher        4.2.2-1    Panel plugin to start/stop program
ii  xfprint4                      4.2.2-1    Printer GUI for Xfce4

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