In reply to Glenn English <g...@slsware.net>: Inasmuch as you are running Xfce, is there any particular reason for staying with Wheezy, which was the release which introduced the new Gnome? If not, the investment of two or three hours should have you up and running in Jessie.
I have had opportunity to install Jessie with Xfce on several machines, both amd64 and i386; they all have been running perfectly. Sometimes operator results in a corrupted file, and sometimes a drive near the end of its life can cause problems. Besides, a fresh installation is an opportunity for housecleaning. Russ