Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: xinit-1.3.4-1 (Major overhaul of X session handling)

[Nem W Schlecht <nem at emptec dot com>]

I had never used/run/heard of fbpanel before this release.  I was
seeing the same blank bar and had to do as you suggested:

cp -f /usr/share/fbpanel/multiwindow ~/.config/fbpanel/

To get anything useful.  Might want to add this command as part of the
installation process (with a simple file check to make sure
~/.config/fbpanel/multiwndow doesn't exist before copying, of course).


On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz
<yselkowitz@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On 2014-11-28 16:53, Ken Brown wrote:
>>
>> On 11/27/2014 10:03 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
>>>
>>> * The new default startxwinrc also launches a miniature fbpanel in the
>>> upper left corner of the screen which contains an XDG application menu
>>> (the 'X' icon) for launching X applications, plus an on-demand area for
>>> X tray icons.  After the first run, the panel and menu can be customized
>>> in ~/.config/fbpanel/multiwindow.
>>
>>
>> This is not working well for me.  I've tested on both 32-bit and 64-bit
>> Cygwin with no .startxwinrc and no .[xX]* files, and I've tested on two
>> different computers (both running Windows 7).  I started the X server
>> via the new start menu shortcut.
>>
>> What happens is that a band appears across the bottom of the screen
>> (full width), hiding about 2/3 of the taskbar.  This makes it impossible
>> to access the icons on the right side of the taskbar.  Also, there's no
>> X icon in the upper left corner of the screen.  But there is a large X
>> icon in the taskbar, partially visible above the band, and when I mouse
>> over it, I see a little window that says "X panel".  Closing this window
>> makes the band go away.  So I guess this band is the miniature fbpanel
>> referred to above, but it's appearing in the wrong place.
>
>
> It does sound that way.
>
>> Finally, ~/.config/fbpanel/multiwindow exists but is empty.
>
>
> I can't reproduce this.  Do you have fbpanel-6.1-4?  (The earlier releases
> from Ports do not include the multiwindow profile.)  If you rm
> ~/.config/fbpanel/multiwindow, does it work after that?   If not, if you 'cp
> -f /usr/share/fbpanel/multiwindow ~/.config/fbpanel/', does it work then?
>
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