Missing software menu

[ionmich]

Version 23.1 64bit XFCE.
When XFCE starts I cannot see a software menu at the bottom left corner, which is where I believe it should be. My resolution is to 1280x1024 but without my Menu Settings I cannot tell. How do I set it from the command line?

Thanks in advance.

[j2mcgreg]

QSI please.

[ionmich]

Sorry I haven't used this forum for years. What is QSI?

[j2mcgreg]

Here's the boilerplate request that explains it:

We are going to need your computer’s complete profile before we can proceed, so you need to post the output from the QSI utility. The Quick System Info (QSI) utility is located in MX Tools and its output is automatically formatted for use here in the forum. Run the QSI utility, click “Copy for Forum” at the bottom and then just paste it here in your thread.
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[ionmich]

But I can't get to MX Tools without a software menu showing on my screen.

[CharlesV]

If you dont have a menu, from the command line ( terminal) you can do:

quick-system-info-gui

also, you may try this to restore you panel ( back it up first )
in command line ( terminal )

mx-tweak

then
backup current panel configuration (and apply )
then
restore default panel (and apply )

[ionmich]

Thanks for the speedy help.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-13-amd64 [6.1.55-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-13-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.1_x64 Libretto October 15  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: E3800N v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F2 date: 07/07/2017
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD E2-3800 APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Jaguar level: v2
    built: 2013-14 process: GF 28nm family: 0x16 (22) model-id: 0 stepping: 1 microcode: 0x700010F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
    L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 799 high: 800 min/max: 800/1300 boost: disabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 798 4: 800 bogomips: 10380
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT disabled
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Kabini [Radeon HD 8280 / R3 Series] vendor: Gigabyte driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: amdgpu arch: GCN-2 code: Sea Islands process: GF/TSMC 16-28nm built: 2013-17 ports:
    active: VGA-1 empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:01.0 chip-ID: 1002:9836 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1152x864 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 305x229mm (12.01x9.02") s-diag: 381mm (15.02")
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: VGA-0 model: Acer V193 serial: <filter> built: 2008 res: 1152x864
    hz: 75 dpi: 78 gamma: 1.07 size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85") diag: 482mm (19") ratio: 5:4 modes:
    max: 1280x1024 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: KABINI ( LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 2.50 6.1.0-13-amd64)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 5-3:3
    chip-ID: 0d8c:013c bus-ID: 00:01.1 chip-ID: 1002:9840 class-ID: 0300 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2
    chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: C-Media CM108 Audio Controller type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-13-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 544.99 GiB (19.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
    physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102 size: 1.82 TiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 41.02 GiB size: 40.07 GiB (97.71%) used: 10.12 GiB (25.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.8 MiB (99.93%) used: 7.7 MiB (2.6%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 42.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2196 libs: 1164 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 185 Uptime: 39m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.18 GiB used: 1001.2 MiB (13.6%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[ionmich]

I think I see the problem. 1280x1024 is not 4:3 ratio which my monitor is.

[CharlesV]

cool... so you have the menu showing now?

[ionmich]

cool... so you have the menu showing now?

No because I am a little reluctant to use the cli method as I don't know how to backup my panel.