Created attachment 9108 .xsession-errors snippet I'm on Debian Buster, using nvidia 418.74-1. Recently Xfce desktop stopped to show up after login via lightdm. Screen showing standard Debian wallpaper, but not my wallpaper, and everything else misses. Switching to text console (ctrl alt f1) and back brings everything in order. I've noticed that mouse cursor changes its shape when I move it, according to invisible windows it currently hovers over. Clearing .cache/sessions, suggested on other sites, didn't help. In .xsession-errors there's strange entry saying "xfdesktop_file_icon_manager_add_icon(): att" instead of "xfdesktop_file_icon_manager_add_icon(): attempting ...", after which there're some errors.
Did you check if this issue affects a new user account also? Furthermore, which packages/components were updated recently?
(In reply to Theo Linkspfeifer from comment #1) > Did you check if this issue affects a new user account also? Furthermore, > which packages/components were updated recently? For freshly created user desktop shows up fine. Regarding installed packages -- the thing is, this behavior was affecting other user of the box for a longer time, during which lots of updates were made (apt update). My account was affected only recently.
You can try to pinpoint the culprit by disabling autostarted applications and hiding files/launchers placed on the desktop.
(In reply to Theo Linkspfeifer from comment #3) > You can try to pinpoint the culprit by disabling autostarted applications > and hiding files/launchers placed on the desktop. I could try it as a rather cumbersome workaround. Perhaps, there's some logs I could check / enable to find it faster? Plus, having desktop crash because of some app / launcher misbehave is quite strange, to say the least.
(In reply to Theo Linkspfeifer from comment #3) > You can try to pinpoint the culprit by disabling autostarted applications > and hiding files/launchers placed on the desktop. Actually, disabling all entries in "Session and Startup | Autostart" tab didn't help.
I am not sure where to look for additional information, but having a way to reproduce the issue would greatly help to fix it. So far we know that a new user account is not affected, but which configuration change actually triggers the bug?
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