xfce4-panel config not applied after log out and log in.
Hi. I was experimenting with backing up and restoring xfce settings. I copied xfce settings to another user. I logged in on a new user to xfce session. Then i deleted ".config/xfce4" and replaced it with folder copied from another user. I logged out and logged in and panel settings didn't take effect, it was still using previous settings, with exception that some application launchers on panel had generic icons. However after system restart new settings work correctly.
I was trying to understand the reason for this behaviour. One explanation i could think of was that the file cache is using older version of file. I attempted to empty file cache with following commands: sync , echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_cache , echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_cache , echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_cache , however it didn't make any difference. I also deleted .cache folder, and closed all processes of the user that were still running after logout. It still didn't change the behaviour of xfce4-panel. What is the explanation for this behaviour? How is xfce caching settings?