Restart xfce from tty1

Question

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.

score 29 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 20 '14 at 14:57

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

You could try the following command:

xfwm4 --replace

It restarts the windows manager.

edited Jan 20 '14 at 14:57

Luís de Sousa

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answered Jan 20 '14 at 14:31

Stek Turku

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score 24 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 06 '20 at 01:40

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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.

edited Apr 06 '20 at 01:40

Mike

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answered Apr 18 '15 at 15:17

Alan B. Dee

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score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '12 at 05:58

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Try killing user by

pkill -KILL -u yourusername

This will bring you back to login screen though.

answered Nov 11 '12 at 05:58

linuxk

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score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 11 '12 at 05:58

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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.

answered Nov 11 '12 at 05:58

green

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Restart xfce from tty1

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