Missing window borders in XFCE

[Robert Fisk]

Hi all,

I am encountering an issue with Qubes R2RC1, where upon login to the
XFCE desktop about 50% of the time the colored borders are missing from
all windows. It is still possible to start VMs, but windows cannot be
moved or resized or closed with the mouse.

I work around the issue by repeated logout/login or switching to KDE
instead. Can anyone else see this, or is it just me?

Regards,
Robert

[cprise]

Hi Robert,

I'm not an Xfce user myself, but you seem to have caught the list during a Spring lull so I'll try to give you some leads. Here are some troubleshooting threads for the problem of the Xfce window manager not starting:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=143920

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=157956

http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#window_manager

The last link has a subsection called, 'I have only one desktop and can't move my windows anymore!' which indicates this is a known bug in Xfce. Hopefully their workarounds will also work for you.