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zfz
Asked: 2012-11-11 21:44:32 +0800 CST

Restart xfce from tty1

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I am new to xubuntu, somtimes my xfce desktop crashes, and I can only use tty1 from command line.

I want to know how can I restart my xfce in tty7 from tty1?

I've googled it, but didn't found the solution. Thanks.

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4 Answers

  1. For me startxfce4 didn't work, but pkill did.

    You could try the following command:

    xfwm4 --replace

    It restarts the windows manager.

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  2. pkill worked but seemed a little extreme to me. If I had other stuff going on in other tty sessions, it would kill those too.

    Another solution is: 

    sudo systemctl restart lightdm

    A great strength of Linux is that there are always multiple ways to achieve the same task.

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  3. Best Answer

    Try killing user by

    pkill -KILL -u yourusername

    This will bring you back to login screen though.

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  4. You can try startxfce4.

    As this site says:

    Restart XFCE4 : from the command line, you would better use "startxfce4" to bypass stupid distribution X startup scripts that can drive you crazy, really.

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