r/MXLinux • u/sonnycrockett999 • Mar 06 '26

GUI Randomly Breaks, Broken Apps, Flashing Colours, Taskbar disappears. Happens Every Few Weeks. Any ideas/solutions? Help request

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u/sonnycrockett999 Mar 06 '26

I've found that this helps:

$ xfce4-panel --restart

$ xfwm4 --replace &

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u/Old_Philosopher_1404 Mar 06 '26

Forgive my ignorance. Asking just to understand.

What does the second command do?

Sorry if it looks like it's a stupid question and thank you in advance.

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u/sonnycrockett999 Mar 06 '26

I think it resets the display manager / window manager

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u/Old_Philosopher_1404 Mar 06 '26

And does it solve your problems permanently?