XFCE wont start

[Michael Sotnikov]

Arvind K:
> Hi, After I enabled Compiz in XFCE i cant login back to the XFCE 
> session, the compiz splash screen shows up and then the screen grays 
> out,with no panel nothing,no icons..only the keyboard works,compiz is 
> working great in gnome..they both are on the same desktop.. dmesg gives 
> no info..
> The things were fine till i had restarted..

Sometimes I have the same problem. It happens if I logout from running 
xfce with compiz and try to start it again.
Just restart x-server (ctrl+alt+backspace). Usually 2nd attempt to start 
xfce4 goes well =)