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[proebler]

I have set up a frugal Dpup Stretch 7.5 on USB and done some customizing using a savefile.
Pcmanfm is set as default file manager.
Upon booting the system or on restart-X I get an automatic pcmanfm window showing the filesystem "/".
When I close that window by any method Ctrl+Q/Exit/Close , the window immediately re-appears in a slightly different position on the desktop.

I have to close this window 11 (eleven) times before it no longer re-appears.
Only one instance ever shows in the task bar.
If I use restart-X, the sequence gets set up again.

Any suggestions on what goes on here?
I am much puzzled.

[jafadmin]

Check in /root/Startup for a script or link that might be starting it wrong,

And .. check /etc/X11/Xsession.d for the offending script, as well.

That should help you get started, anyway. It's hard to guess unless we know more.

[proebler]

Thanks for the pointers, jafadmin.

However, I cannot see anything in either /root/Startup or /etc/X11/Xsession.d that looks as if it could be the culprit

[mikeslr]

Hi proebler,

I wouldn't know what to look for in it, but there may also be a pcmanfs config file somewhere in /root; perhaps hidden, i.e. starting with or within a folder starting with "."/dot.

FWIW, I use xfe in order to have a dual-pane + tree view file-manager. I haven't ran across a puppy it doesn't play nice with.

[jafadmin]

The only other possibility is Voodoo. Have you angered any witch doctors lately?

[williams2]

If not in /root/.config/autostart it might be in
/etc/xdg/autostart

It might be a script or a dot desktop file.

You could try searching for it.

grep -Ri pcmanfm /root/*
grep -Ri pcmanfm /etc/*

if pcmanfm is what starts it.

find /root/ /etc/ -iname *desktop

[williams2]

If /usr/local/bin/roxfiler was changed to execute pcmanfm
then when Puppy tries to start the pinboard (desktop wallpaper and icons)
it will run pcmanfm instead.

And the drive icons that appear on the desktop.
Each icon is created with a roxfiler command.

Is the desktop still working?

[proebler]

Thank you all.
@williams2, that "find /root/ /etc/ -iname *desktop" is really useful line.

I have now found the reason for the weird behavior:
Default Application for Filemanager was set to 'pcmanfm /'.
The correct setting is without the "/", simply 'pcmanfm'.
Both setting versions are available in the drop-down list.

Both /root/.config/autostart and /etc/xdg/autostart were involved in the weird behavior.
There are a total of 11 items in the two autostart directories.
The system would deal with the 1st item, open the file manager and then stop till the file manager got closed. Then the 2nd item would be dealt with .. and so forth.
This showed in tray icons for clipit, firewall status, etc. appearing one after the other as the file manager window(s) got closed.
Attached is a screenshot of HTOP which shows the system at the (stopped) clipit sequence.

No Voodoo after all, but certainly very confusing.

[jafadmin]