I'm running into this strange issue when using xfce where my desktop (wallpaper + desktop icons) won't load in after a reboot until I log out and back in. I don't believe I messed with any settings that would affect this, but I'm not entirely sure. Do you guys have any solutions other than reinstalling xfce and if not, is there some way to back up my themes + settings so that I can restore them after a reinstall?
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with xfce as a desktop environment
this issue seems to be common with the 16.04 version after the latest update.
The solution as of now is to wait until Ubuntu has a fix for it.
It is the same problem and I suggested him to do an upgrade, I would suggest you to do so only if all the packages support the latest version.
Try contacting Ubuntu for the issue. Else, I would suggest to do an upgrade (not recommended if packages unsupported may break your applications) as it's a faster solution because usually the fix takes time.
P.S: In case it annoys you while working, I am attaching the solution if you need to do an upgrade.
Try using the terminal and do sudo update-manager / go to Software & Updates and enable notify for any new version!
And do this:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
To directly do the upgrade then:
sudo apt install update-manager-core
sudo do-release-upgrade
In case you were wondering if you could downgrade the update, then check here as he explains why downgrade is not recommended.
Also, there's also a way that you could clean install the older version of Ubuntu(although, why would you do that as some of your app data might be lost).
