xfce4 and xorg-7.5

[Warren Block]

On Sun, 2 May 2010, Carmel wrote:

> On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> articulated:
>
>> I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4
>> and 8-stable.  Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce.
>>
>> This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about
>> half the time startx is tried after that:
>>
>>    process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_path (path)" failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165.
>>    This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library.
>>      D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace
>>
>> X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it
>> immediately exits.  Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just
>> from the command line.
>>
>> twm runs every time without problems.
>>
>> Log and config files here:
>>
>> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/
>
>
> I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the "FreeBSD Questioins"
> forum regarding it.

Can you verify that xfce starts but quits on the first try after reboot, but 
otherwise will start maybe half the time?

Once started, xfce seems to work fine.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA