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jarp53

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Registered: 2019-11-09

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[ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

I'm using Debian 10;  I uninstall xfce screenshot and now I lost my whisker menu , I'm using the application menu, could some one please show me how to get the whisker menu back. just notice that I also lost the sensor plugin

Last edited by jarp53 (2020-06-27 21:23:06)

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

Right click on the panel and select panel>>add new items. a new window will open, in the search enter whisker, click on the Whiskermenu then click add and close. You can then move it by right clicking on the plugin and select move. Just drag it to the desired location.

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jarp53

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Registered: 2019-11-09

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

but that's what I mean is not in the "add items"  it was gone from the panel and from the add new items , also the sensor plugin which I recover by installing it from the software manager.

eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

Try and reinstall it.

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jarp53

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Registered: 2019-11-09

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

so I try deleting the panel and starting a new one but still no wishkwer menu in the new items list ; sure would like to get it back

MrEen

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Registered: 2019-04-19

Posts: 295

Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

Hi jarp53,

I assume this is your Mint install? If so, this will reset the panel back to the default. You need to make any modifications you've already done once again after running this:

xfce4-panel --quit ; pkill xfconfd ; rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/panel ; rm -rf ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml ; xfce4-panel

But if you don't mind, as the Mint developers never did figure out what is occasionally causing this, I like you to try this to see if it has the same effect (it might also be the better way as your other panel modifications might not get reset):
Open Menu > Settings > Session and Startup > Sessions tab
Click the Clear saved sessions button.
Now go back to the General tab, and make sure Automatically save session on logout is NOT checked.

Now log out then log back in. Did the Wiskermenu return?

Last edited by MrEen (2020-06-26 22:22:00)

jarp53

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Registered: 2019-11-09

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

thank you but this is my Debian 10  install ; in Mint everything is running "stable" like I thought it's suppose to be in here " the most stable" , but then of course I'm not a power user and Debian is not as intuitive like Mint

MrEen

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

Okay. Let's wait for other ideas, as I have practically no Debian experience.

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

What does:

apt-cache policy xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

...return?

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jarp53

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

jr@jr-pc:~$ apt-cache policy xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.3.1-1
  Version table:
     2.3.1-1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

jarp53

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Registered: 2019-11-09

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

could you also please look at this post I started on " installation "
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=14132

and give me some advice ; I dont mine if I break my system , I can always reinstall but I've rather not

jarp53

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Registered: 2019-11-09

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Re: [ SOLVED ]Lost whisker menu

problem solved; thank you : I did it by playing with the ppa from the result of the terminal after calling for apt -cache policy, and typing the full name "whishermenu-plugin "

Last edited by jarp53 (2020-06-27 21:42:34)