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#1 2015-09-08 17:16:17

kristoferus
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XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Hi !

My setup:

#xfce4-about -V
#xfce4-about 4.12.1 (Xfce 4.12)


I         `ooo/                 OS: Arch Linux
                `+oooo:                Kernel: x86_64 Linux 3.14.51-1-lts
               `+oooooo:               Uptime: 6h 55m
               -+oooooo+:              Packages: 700
             `/:-:++oooo+:             Shell: bash 4.3.39
            `/++++/+++++++:            Resolution: 3200x1200
           `/++++++++++++++:           DE: XFCE4
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`         WM: Xfwm4
         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`        WM Theme: Numix-Frost-Light
        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`       GTK Theme: Numix [GTK2]
       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.      Icon Theme: Numix
      :osssssss/        osssso+++.     Font: Sans 10
     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-     CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 CPU @ 3.6GHz
   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-   GPU: NVS 300
  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:  RAM: 2663MiB / 3902MiB


I have two monitors and and mirror disabled -> desktop enhance -> right monitor is the main screen selected !

Two problems:

a.) Application right click menu on desktop is missing -> but is selected in the desktop preferences -> menu task !

b.) the standard icons (for example the trash) on desktop are not selectable and if i create a new folder on the desktop i see it on two desktops !

I have deleted the ~/.config/xfce4 folder and create new panel and setup etc but the problem is not solved and is still again here :-(

What can I do ?

The same setup with another computer with only one monitor and one desktop -> no problems and works perfect !!

Thanks !

kind regards

kristoferus

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#2 2015-09-08 17:27:30

ToZ
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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Sounds like xfdesktop might not be managing your desktop. Can you confirm what is?

ps -ef | grep -i desktop

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#3 2015-09-08 22:27:58

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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Huh. I wondered at the odd ASCII modern art that I couldn't make head or tail out of...

kristoferus wrote:
       I         `ooo/                 OS: Arch Linux 
                `+oooo:                Kernel: x86_64 Linux 3.14.51-1-lts
               `+oooooo:               Uptime: 6h 55m
               -+oooooo+:              Packages: 700
             `/:-:++oooo+:             Shell: bash 4.3.39
            `/++++/+++++++:            Resolution: 3200x1200
           `/++++++++++++++:           DE: XFCE4
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`         WM: Xfwm4
         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`        WM Theme: Numix-Frost-Light
        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`       GTK Theme: Numix [GTK2]
       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.      Icon Theme: Numix
      :osssssss/        osssso+++.     Font: Sans 10
     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-     CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 CPU @ 3.6GHz
   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-   GPU: NVS 300
  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:  RAM: 2663MiB / 3902MiB

Ah, so that's what it is.

Err... Sorry that I cannot help you with your issue but still decided to post in your thread roll . But I just saw an example of why folks generally like to see terminal output displayed within CODE tags, lol. Obviously, it makes no functional difference in this particular situation - but if you're ever dealing with an issue in which the original formatting might make a difference in getting help, well....

Regards,
MDM


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#4 2015-09-09 05:21:13

kristoferus
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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

kristoferus ~]$ ps -ef | grep -i desktop
  458   444  0 Sep08 ?        00:00:03 xfdesktop --display :0.0 --sm-client-id 2306a49c5-1662-4834-adb3-4667e708ea32
18505 18499  0 07:19 pts/0    00:00:00 grep -i desktop

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#5 2015-09-09 10:20:49

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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Your output is missing the user column. Are you running xfdesktop as root while logging in as user?

Try running xfdesktop in debug mode:

xfdesktop -Q

...then:

xfdesktop -e

See what messages you get in the terminal window.


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#6 2015-09-09 12:14:06

kristoferus
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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Hi !

No ! have deleted the username in the text sorry :-) Im logged in with a user not root !

Here the output:

[krisu@kristoferus ~]$ xfdesktop -e
DBG[xfdesktop-common.c:258] xfdesktop_debug_set(): debugging enabled
DBG[xfdesktop-application.c:625] cb_wait_for_window_manager_destroyed(): found window manager after 1 tries
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1644] xfce_desktop_set_single_workspace_mode(): single_workspace_mode now TRUE
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1662] xfce_desktop_set_single_workspace_number(): single_workspace_num now 1
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 0, max workspaces 0
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:206] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): dividing by PANGO_SCALE
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:209] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): system font size is 10,00000
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1932] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): label alpha is 0

DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1933] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): shadow x offset is 0

DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1934] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): shadow y offset is 0

DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1959] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): selected label alpha is 60

DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1961] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): selected shadow x offset is 0

DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1963] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): selected shadow y offset is 0

DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1981] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): cell spacing is 2
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1982] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): cell padding is 6
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1983] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): cell text width proportion is 1,900000
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1984] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): ellipsize icon label is true
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1985] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): tooltip size is -1
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:1986] xfdesktop_icon_view_style_set(): label radius is 4,000000
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2733] xfdesktop_setup_grids(): CELL_SIZE=103,200, TEXT_WIDTH=91,200, ICON_SIZE=48
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2734] xfdesktop_setup_grids(): grid size is 11x30
DBG[xfdesktop-icon-view.c:2747] xfdesktop_setup_grids(): created grid_layout with 330 positions
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:327] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 0 backdrop 0
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:617] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorDisplayPort-1/workspace0/
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:327] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 0 backdrop 1
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:617] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorDisplayPort-0/workspace0/
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:327] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 1 backdrop 0
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:617] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorDisplayPort-1/workspace1/
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:327] xfce_workspace_monitors_changed(): Adding workspace 1 backdrop 1
DBG[xfce-workspace.c:617] xfce_workspace_connect_backdrop_settings(): prefix string: /backdrop/screen0/monitorDisplayPort-0/workspace1/
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:654] workspace_changed_cb(): current_workspace 0, new_workspace 1
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:438] backdrop_changed_cb(): monitor x 0, y 0, width 1280, height 1024
DBG[xfce-backdrop.c:1654] xfce_backdrop_generate_async(): loading image /home/krisu/Bilder/elisha_cuthbert_3-wallpaper-1920x1200.jpg
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:438] backdrop_changed_cb(): monitor x 1280, y 0, width 1920, height 1200
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:448] backdrop_changed_cb(): clip_region: x: 1280, y: 0, w: 1920, h: 1200
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:461] backdrop_changed_cb(): previous_monitor: x: 0, y: 0, w: 1280, h: 1024
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:475] backdrop_changed_cb(): area to update: x: 1280, y: 0, w: 1920, h: 1200
DBG[xfce-backdrop.c:1654] xfce_backdrop_generate_async(): loading image /home/krisu/Bilder/sunlight_through_tree-wallpaper-1920x1200.jpg
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:206] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): dividing by PANGO_SCALE
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:209] xfce_desktop_ensure_system_font_size(): system font size is 10,00000
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:438] backdrop_changed_cb(): monitor x 0, y 0, width 1280, height 1024
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:1413] xfce_desktop_get_current_workspace(): workspace_num 0, single_workspace_num 1, current_workspace 1, max workspaces 2
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:438] backdrop_changed_cb(): monitor x 1280, y 0, width 1920, height 1200
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:448] backdrop_changed_cb(): clip_region: x: 1280, y: 0, w: 1920, h: 1200
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:461] backdrop_changed_cb(): previous_monitor: x: 0, y: 0, w: 1280, h: 1024
DBG[xfce-desktop.c:475] backdrop_changed_cb(): area to update: x: 1280, y: 0, w: 1920, h: 1200
DBG[xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c:1968] xfdesktop_file_icon_manager_save_icons(): saving to: /home/krisu/.config/xfce4/desktop/icons.screen0-3184x1153.rc

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Last edited by ToZ (2015-09-09 12:38:01)

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#7 2015-09-09 12:23:57

kristoferus
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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Hi again !  After this commands is the right click app menu available and also the icons on the dektop ! Crazy ! Waht means this now ?

kind regards

kristoferus

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#8 2015-09-09 12:37:26

ToZ
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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Perhaps there is an issue with your Xfce startup. Can you please try clearing out your sessions cache the manual way:

1. Log out
2. From a text console (Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in
3. Issue the following commands:

cd .cache
rm -rf sessions

4. Go back to your graphic console (normally, Ctrl+Alt+F7)
5. Log in and see if xfdesktop works properly.


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#9 2015-09-09 13:24:07

kristoferus
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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

Hi !

After this steps it still works :-)

This mean that something with the saved session was wrong ?

kind regards

krtistoferus

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#10 2015-09-09 13:25:54

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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

kristoferus wrote:

This mean that something with the saved session was wrong ?

Yes. The saved sessions sometimes get corrupted and need to be cleared out.


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#11 2015-09-09 13:55:33

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Re: XFCE DUAL Monitor right klick app menu and icons on desktop

ok :-) Thank you very much for your help !!! kind regards from austria !!!

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