Xfce Panel and Desktop Settings resetting on reboot

[mblend27]

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System: Kernel: 5.4.0-88-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0    
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal

Symptom: Xfce consistently loses panel and desktop settings after reboot.
Perpetrator: /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh created from a terminal command in order to display neofetch when a user logs in with a terminal:

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sudo bash -c $'echo "neofetch" >> /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh && chmod +x /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh'

Temp Fix: FIRST sudo rm /etc/profile.d/mymotd.sh THEN restore any .config files from a recent backup, then reboot. Alternatively to restoring .config files (after deleting .sh file), you can reset xfce to default mint settings.
Question: The command is immediately successful in that it then displays neofetch whenever a user logs into ssh, but the side effect causes xfce settings to be consistently lost after every reboot until .sh file is removed. What could be causing this?

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             ...-:::::-...                 owner@iCPU 
          .-MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-.              ---------- 
      .-MMMM`..-:::::::-..`MMMM-.          OS: Linux Mint 20.2 x86_64 
    .:MMMM.:MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM:.MMMM:.        Host: iMac7,1 1.0 
   -MMM-M---MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.MMM-       Kernel: 5.4.0-86-generic 
 `:MMM:MM`  :MMMM:....::-...-MMMM:MMM:`    Uptime: 22 mins 
 :MMM:MMM`  :MM:`  ``    ``  `:MMM:MMM:    Packages: 2067 (dpkg), 5 (flatpak) 
.MMM.MMMM`  :MM.  -MM.  .MM-  `MMMM.MMM.   Shell: bash 5.0.17 
:MMM:MMMM`  :MM.  -MM-  .MM:  `MMMM-MMM:   Resolution: 1680x1050 
:MMM:MMMM`  :MM.  -MM-  .MM:  `MMMM:MMM:   DE: Xfce 
:MMM:MMMM`  :MM.  -MM-  .MM:  `MMMM-MMM:   WM: Xfwm4 
.MMM.MMMM`  :MM:--:MM:--:MM:  `MMMM.MMM.   WM Theme: Mint-Y-Dark 
 :MMM:MMM-  `-MMMMMMMMMMMM-`  -MMM-MMM:    Theme: Mint-Y-Dark [GTK2/3] 
  :MMM:MMM:`                `:MMM:MMM:     Icons: Mint-Y-Dark [GTK2/3] 
   .MMM.MMMM:--------------:MMMM.MMM.      Terminal: xfce4-terminal 
     '-MMMM.-MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-.MMMM-'       Terminal Font: Monospace 10 
       '.-MMMM``--:::::--``MMMM-.'         CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (2) @ 2. 
            '-MMMMMMMMMMMMM-'              GPU: AMD ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 
               ``-:::::-``                 Memory: 749MiB / 3932MiB 

                                                                   
owner@iCPU:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.4.0-88-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac7,1 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F4238CC8 v: PVT serial: <filter> UEFI: Apple 
  v: IM71.88Z.007A.B03.0803051705 date: 03/05/08 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T7700 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Core Merom rev: A L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 9576 
  Speed: 798 MHz min/max: 800/2400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 798 2: 798 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD RV630/M76 [Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT/2700] 
  vendor: Apple iMac 7 1 driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RV630 (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.4.0-88-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
  v: 3.3 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801H HD Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-88-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n 
  vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: b43-pci-bridge v: N/A port: 3000 
  bus ID: 04:00.0 
  Device-2: Marvell 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2 v: 1.30 
  port: 2000 bus ID: 05:00.0 
  IF: ens5 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 203.86 GiB (43.8%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3500418ASQ size: 465.76 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 17.85 GiB used: 10.16 GiB (56.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-2: /home size: 425.27 GiB used: 193.70 GiB (45.5%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/sda4 
  ID-3: swap-1 size: 13.97 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 40 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2397 
Info:
  Processes: 179 Uptime: 12h 33m Memory: 3.84 GiB used: 768.0 MiB (19.5%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 
  inxi: 3.0.38

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[mblend27]

Can another user test this? I would like to know if it’s specific to my environment, I can list my pkgs.
To test safely, back up all of your config files (specifically XFCE) and then prepare to delete / sudo rm the sh if you get same issue then restore files then reboot.

[mblend27]

Yay this is fun

[ajgringo619]

Have you tried using the MOTD service? viewtopic.php?t=185035

[mblend27]

Have you tried using the MOTD service? viewtopic.php?t=185035

Isn’t that what I’m doing?