Xfce Forum

jserink

Member

Registered: 2010-04-25

Posts: 33

[Solved] Strange panel behavior

Hello All:

Am running the following:
jerinkturion jserink # uname -a
Linux jerinkturion 2.6.34-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 14 11:22:14 SGT 2010 x86_64 AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
erinkturion jserink # equery list xfce4
[ Searching for package 'xfce4' in all categories among: ]
* installed packages
[I--] [  ] dev-util/xfce4-dev-tools-4.7.2 (0)
[I--] [  ] x11-themes/xfce4-icon-theme-4.4.3 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-base/libxfce4menu-4.6.2 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-base/libxfce4util-4.6.2 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-meta-4.6.2 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-panel-4.6.4 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-session-4.6.2 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-base/xfce4-settings-4.6.5 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-appfinder-4.6.2 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-battery-plugin-0.5.1 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-clipman-plugin-1.1.3 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-datetime-plugin-0.6.1 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-mixer-4.6.1 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-mount-plugin-0.5.5 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-netload-plugin-0.4.0-r1 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager-0.8.5 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-screenshooter-1.7.9-r1 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-taskmanager-0.4.1 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed-0.1.8 (0)
[I--] [  ] xfce-extra/xfce4-xfapplet-plugin-0.1.0 (0)

I have been having issues with the panel since 4.6.1.
Basically, if I shut down my machine form the logoff applet, the next time the system boots it sawns between 6-15 individual sessions of panel with associated plug-ins. If I do a killall panel, every session restarts. I need to open taskmanager and individually kill off each panel till there is one left, then I kill it off, it restarts and everything is fine. Notification space is correct and the panel is responsive. Took me a while to figure out that several sessions of panel is what was causing my panel to be non-responsive. If, however; I log out from xcfe4, su and then shutdown, I don't have this problem. It 'seems' shutting down from the xfce4 panel does not cleanly exit xcfe4.

I have tried deleting everything in the .config/xcfe4 directory and this fixes things for 1 reboot, then it all starts again. This is not a major issue since I have a work around but maybe its something the devs need to keep in mind for the next release.

Cheers,
John

jserink

Member

Registered: 2010-04-25

Posts: 33

Re: [Solved] Strange panel behavior

ok, got it fixed.....

You must NOT have "save session for future logins" set and have xfce4-panel and any plugins set for startup under "session and startup", else you get mulitple panels starting up,

I guess panel does not check if its already running.

SOlutions:
uncheck the box for xfce4-panel under "sessions and startup" and any plugins if you have "Save session for future logins" set, and the problem goes away.

Cheers,
John