[newbie] Xfce4 user login broken

[Margot]

When I try to login to Xfce4 as user, either from the login manager 
or by using 'startxfce4' from a terminal, I get a few seconds of the 
Xfce 'mouse' (or is it meant to be a rat?) logo flashing, and then I 
just get the blue screen with the Mandrake logo. As normal user, I 
can log into KDE with no problem - but I'd rather not have to!

Doing 'startxfce4' as root works fine - but of course I'm then 
logged in as root!

Because it works as root but not as a normal user, and KDE is not 
affected, I assume that it is something in my Xfce user config that 
is broken, not Xfce itself.

I'm sure there must be some way to fix this, but I'm not sure where 
to start. Everything was fine yesterday, but not working when I 
rebooted this morning.

[I blame the cat - attempting sneaky overnight downloads of 'kitty 
porn' must have corrupted a file somewhere!]

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Regards
Margot
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