[SOLVED] Open programs don't show in the panel

mauser · 2022-08-21 00:57:36

Just recently the open programs no longer show in the panel anymore. Does anyone how I can get it back so they show again?

System:    Kernel: 5.17.0-3mx-amd64 [5.17.11-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.17.0-3mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: Compiz 0.8.18 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.1_x64 Wildflower October 20  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B450 AORUS ELITE serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F64a date: 02/17/2022 
CPU:       Info: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ family: 17 (23) 
           model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 800820D cache: L2: 4 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 118172 
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           2: 3612 3: 2198 4: 2238 5: 2231 6: 2110 7: 2759 8: 2272 9: 2201 10: 2186 11: 2137 
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           driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67ff class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: compiz v: 0.8.18 driver: loaded: amdgpu 
           display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
           s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
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           diag: 686mm (27") 
           OpenGL: 
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           v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] vendor: XFX Pine 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 09:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.0-3mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
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           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: wgpia0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 7.74 TiB used: 6.44 TiB (83.1%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 model: PCIe SSD size: 476.94 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: ECFM22.9 temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT 
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           rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: W414 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 475.67 GiB size: 467.14 GiB (98.21%) used: 15.61 GiB (3.3%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: root.fsm 
           ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 189.6 MiB (19.5%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
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           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

Last edited by KBar (2022-08-21 02:55:18)

ToZ · 2022-08-21 01:02:12

Do you have the "Windows Buttons" plugin added to the panel? What does the following return:

xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv

mauser · 2022-08-21 01:06:05

ToZ wrote:

Do you have the "Windows Buttons" plugin added to the panel? What does the following return:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv

I don't know. Everything was working fine until a dialog box opened when I was closing Firefox. I don't recall what the dialog box said and didn't understand it so I just closed it. After that the open programs wouldn't show in the panel anymore.
xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -lv
/clipman/tweaks/never-confirm-history-clear false
/configver 2
/panels <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/dark-mode true
/panels/panel-1/background-rgba <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/panel-1/background-style 0
/panels/panel-1/disable-struts false
/panels/panel-1/length 100
/panels/panel-1/length-adjust true
/panels/panel-1/mode 0
/panels/panel-1/nrows 1
/panels/panel-1/plugin-ids <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/panels/panel-1/position p=12;x=0;y=0
/panels/panel-1/position-locked true
/panels/panel-1/size 42
/plugins/clipman/settings/save-on-quit false
/plugins/clipman/tweaks/inhibit true
/plugins/plugin-1 datetime
/plugins/plugin-10 weather
/plugins/plugin-10/cache-max-age 172800
/plugins/plugin-10/forecast/days 10
/plugins/plugin-10/forecast/layout 1
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label0 3
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label1 4
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label2 5
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label3 7
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label4 9
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label5 10
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label6 11
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label7 15
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label8 16
/plugins/plugin-10/labels/label9 17
/plugins/plugin-10/location/latitude 40.967590
/plugins/plugin-10/location/longitude -75.511853
/plugins/plugin-10/location/name
/plugins/plugin-10/msl 356
/plugins/plugin-10/offset -04:00
/plugins/plugin-10/power-saving true
/plugins/plugin-10/round false
/plugins/plugin-10/scrollbox/animate true
/plugins/plugin-10/scrollbox/color rgba(0,0,0,0)
/plugins/plugin-10/scrollbox/font Sans 15
/plugins/plugin-10/scrollbox/lines 1
/plugins/plugin-10/scrollbox/show true
/plugins/plugin-10/scrollbox/use-color false
/plugins/plugin-10/single-row true
/plugins/plugin-10/theme-dir /usr/share/xfce4/weather/icons/liquid
/plugins/plugin-10/timezone America/New_York
/plugins/plugin-10/tooltip-style 1
/plugins/plugin-10/units/altitude 1
/plugins/plugin-10/units/apparent-temperature 0
/plugins/plugin-10/units/precipitation 1
/plugins/plugin-10/units/pressure 1
/plugins/plugin-10/units/temperature 1
/plugins/plugin-10/units/windspeed 1
/plugins/plugin-11 showdesktop
/plugins/plugin-12 separator
/plugins/plugin-13 launcher
/plugins/plugin-13/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-14 launcher
/plugins/plugin-14/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-15 separator
/plugins/plugin-15/expand true
/plugins/plugin-15/style 0
/plugins/plugin-20 whiskermenu
/plugins/plugin-3 cpufreq
/plugins/plugin-4 cpugraph
/plugins/plugin-5 launcher
/plugins/plugin-5/items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-6 systray
/plugins/plugin-6/hide-new-items true
/plugins/plugin-6/icon-size 0
/plugins/plugin-6/known-items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-6/known-legacy-items <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-6/names-hidden <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-6/names-ordered <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-6/names-visible <<UNSUPPORTED>>
/plugins/plugin-6/show-frame false
/plugins/plugin-6/size-max 24
/plugins/plugin-7 eyes
/plugins/plugin-8 separator
/plugins/plugin-9 places
/plugins/plugin-9/mount-open-volumes false
/plugins/plugin-9/show-bookmarks false
/plugins/plugin-9/show-icons true
/plugins/plugin-9/show-recent false
/plugins/plugin-9/show-recent-clear false
/plugins/plugin-9/show-volumes false

Last edited by mauser (2022-08-21 01:27:36)

ToZ · 2022-08-21 01:13:09

Right-click the panel and Select Panel > Panel Properties. Go to the Items tab and click on the Add button. Select Window Buttons and click Add. Then position it where you want it to be.

mauser · 2022-08-21 01:22:23

ToZ wrote:

Right-click the panel and Select Panel > Panel Properties. Go to the Items tab and click on the Add button. Select Window Buttons and click Add. Then position it where you want it to be.

That worked. Thank you very much. It's strange that it got removed without my knowledge. Thank you very much.

k3dAR · 2022-08-27 21:25:26

mauser wrote:

[...]I don't recall what the dialog box said and didn't understand it so I just closed it.

mauser wrote:

[...]It's strange that it got removed without my knowledge.

Strange is you don't see contradiction in this ^^^ two your messages ;-)
I suppose dialog you close be someting about Windows plugin left Panel Run it again?, maybe some like this? ;-)

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#1 2022-08-21 00:57:36

[SOLVED] Open programs don't show in the panel

#2 2022-08-21 01:02:12

Re: [SOLVED] Open programs don't show in the panel

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