[SOLVED] Tried to install Onedrive, messed up my entire desktop manager

BigVig · 01-09-2024, 05:10 PM

I attempted to install Onedrive using the software package manager, thinking it would update to a newer version - onedrive - 2.4.13-1build1, and might even have a desktop GUI for it.

I was previously using a version from the terminal that I synched every now and then - onedrive v2.4.0-25-g7f267a5.

When I tried to synch using the terminal, it displayed the following:

$ onedrive --synchronize
Initializing the Synchronization Engine ...
Syncing changes from OneDrive ...

And then nothing happened. Several minutes.

Angry, I went back to Synaptic, and completely removed both libcmis-0.5-5v5 0.5.2-3build1 and onedrive 2.4.13-1build1. Why? Because both came up as installed when I searched for onedrive in Synaptic. Why? Because I'm stupid.

I rebooted, and, upon logging back in, my desktop looked like the attached.

Previously, my desktop resembled a typical MS windows screen with the status bar at the bottom, hitting the windows key brought up the applications menu, and everything at the top of the screen now was previously at the bottom.

I am using Xfce and xfwm4 - 4.18.0-1~bpo22.04.

Short of somehow reloading a system backup that I do not know if I have, could someone please offer some advice or help as to how I could get my desktop to back to my normal? Please, oh, please.

Thank you in advance.

System specs:
Linux matthew-ThinkPad-T430 6.5.0-14-generic #14~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Nov 20 18:15:30 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Code:

~$ inxi -b
System:
  Host: matthew-ThinkPad-T430 Kernel: 6.5.0-14-generic x86_64 bits: 64
    Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 23427YU v: ThinkPad T430
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 23427YU v: 0B98401 PRO serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO v: G1ETB1WW (2.71 ) date: 08/08/2016
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 21.0 Wh (98.6%) condition: 21.3/56.2 Wh (37.9%)
CPU:
  Info: dual core Intel Core i5-3320M [MT MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 1198
    min/max: 1200/3300
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Chicony thinkpad t430s camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
    v: 4.2 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network driver: e1000e
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 122.21 GiB (51.2%)
Info:
  Processes: 232 Uptime: 5m Memory: 7.45 GiB used: 2.84 GiB (38.0%)
  Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.13

BigVig · 01-09-2024, 05:44 PM

I have a timeshift-gtk backup from yesterday, before I started messing with things that I really shouldn't have.

Would just restoring from the backup using timeshift-gtk be the easiest way to solve the problem of getting my desktop back to the way it looked and the way it behaved?

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Update - Ran the timeshift-gtk backup and, no, it did not change the desktop settings at all. I hate everything.

BigVig · 01-09-2024, 07:58 PM

Okay, the stupid has ended...

I looked up "How to reset xfce and or xfwm4 settings" and got the following website:

https://learningnotebook.tech.blog/2...ktop-settings/

Quote:

Shut down the panel first, xfce4-panel --quit
Kill the xfce4 configuration daemon, pkill xfconfd
First delete settings for the panel, rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/panel
Clear out the settings for xfconfd, rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
Restart the panel, run xfce4-panel. This will respawn xfconfd automatically.
Note if you need or want to restart xfconfd manually know that on my installation it was in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/xfconf/xfconfd which was outside of $PATH.

This clears it for the running session, regenerates the files, and sets up the default for future sessions.

I followed the directions, restarted xfce4-panel, rebooted, and everything was back to normal.

Sorry for the existential crisis when I should have used my friend google and simply read the manual.

syg00 · 01-09-2024, 08:07 PM

Some-one will find the detail handy and thank you for the post(s).

abraunegg · 01-12-2024, 05:22 PM

@BigVig

Quote:

2.4.13-1build1

Please note - this client version is obsolete and unsupported. It contains numerous bugs and issues that have been resolved. Do not use this client version.

To install correctly on your platform, please read: https://github.com/abraunegg/onedriv...age-install.md