Created attachment 1579092 [details] Redirected stderr to a log file Description of problem: When I run startxfce4, it fails with the error 'Unrecognized option: --'. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xfce4-session-4.13.1-23.fc30.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. run startxfce4 2. 3. Actual results: X fails to start Expected results: X and XFCE4 start. Additional info: There is a question asked on Ask Fedora about a similar problem, in Spanish[1]. If I run `xinit /usr/bin/startxfce4 -- :0 vt1` it starts XFCE4 correctly. [1]: https://askbot.fedoraproject.org/es/question/128317/fedora-server-29-no-inicia-el-escritorio-xfce/
Can you file this upstream or would you like that I do?
You can file it upstream. However this could be Fedora specific as startxfce4 was working fine on Arch as of a week ago. Can you reproduce this on your system?
I have not had the chance to try this. I will check and report upstream if needed.
I filed the bug upstream myself - id 15618.
The problem is Fedora specific. It is because of a Fedora patch [1] conflicting with an XFCE patch [2]. I also applies for the recently released xfce4-session-4.13.2-2.fc30.x86_64. Further discussion can be found on the XFCE bug tracker [3]. [1]: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/xfce4-session/blob/master/f/xfce-session-4.10-startxfce4.patch [2]: https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/commit/?id=04e45b5bbdefe4e174c95dcbc70a725b8198b50d [3]: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15618
I will fix this in the next update.
The problem persists in xfce4-session-4.13.3-1.fc30 that has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository.
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