How to save background image under the floating panel?

[Shef9]

Hello!
Please help me set up the floating panel. In MX I still have a black background under the panel, but I'm expecting a desktop image. The screenshot shows my manjaro with a picture under the panel. How can I do the same in MX?

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System:

Kernel: 6.1.0-31-amd64 [6.1.128-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0

parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-31-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash

Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.5_KDE_x64 Libretto

September 15 2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

Machine:

Type: Desktop System: Microsoft product: Virtual Machine v: Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1

serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: Microsoft model: Virtual Machine v: Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1

serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Microsoft v: Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 date: 09/04/2024

Battery:

ID-1: BAT1 charge: 5.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 5.0/5.0 Wh (100.0%) volts: 5.0 min: 5.0

model: Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Batte type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: full cycles: -1

CPU:

Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-1340P bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Raptor Lake level: v3

note: check built: 2022+ process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xBA (186) stepping: 2

microcode: 0xFFFFFFFF

Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 320 KiB

desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 2188 high: 2189 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 2189 2: 2189 3: 2189 4: 2181 5: 2189

6: 2189 7: 2189 8: 2189 bogomips: 35020

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3

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: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File

Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS

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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; RSB filling;

PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S

Type: srbds status: Not affected

Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected

Graphics:

Message: No PCI device data found.

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:

loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: swrast gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99") s-diag: 338mm (13.3")

Monitor-1: Virtual-1 res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: N/A

API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6 256 bits)

direct-render: Yes

Audio:

Message: No device data found.

API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-31-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:

Message: No PCI device data found.

IF-ID-1: eth0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>

Drives:

Local Storage: total: 127 GiB used: 27.57 GiB (21.7%)

SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.

ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: Virtual Disk size: 127 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B

logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: N/A rev: 1.0 scheme: GPT

Partition:

ID-1: / raw-size: 126.75 GiB size: 124.2 GiB (97.99%) used: 27.57 GiB (22.2%) fs: ext4

dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2

ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat

dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1

Swap:

Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)

ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap

Sensors:

Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon or lm-sensors.

Repos:

Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2571 libs: 1384 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala 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://mirror.truenetwork.ru/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free

2: deb http://mirror.truenetwork.ru/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list

1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list

1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yandex-browser.list

1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-browser/deb stable main

Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yandex-disk.list

1: deb http://repo.yandex.ru/yandex-disk/deb/ stable main

Info:

Processes: 208 Uptime: 0m wakeups: 933 Memory: 1.86 GiB used: 1.19 GiB (64.1%) 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

[CharlesV]

Welcome in!

I do not know if there is a direct method to do this, but I would start here , and you will need to change a few things:
Using the Panel preferences ( Right click on the panel, then Panel and Preferences. ) you will probably need to
- turn off Automatically increase Length,
- Then decrease the length
- On the Appearance tab, change to use an image as the background. (I would make an image the size you want, with rounded corners etc. and try to use that here. )

If that doesnt get what your after, then there is a file named
xfce4-panel-tweaks
located in ~/.conky/gtk-3.0 I believe and you can do all kinds of stuff in there to modify what you want. You will need to hunt down things like panel location I suspect, and probably a few more tags for the CSS.

It will be interesting to hear how you resolve this :-)

[richb]

The QSI indicates KDE Plasma is being used. The only setting I found was to make the panel background transparent. But it did not work. (Enter Edit Mode>More Options)

[Stevo]

You have 13th gen Intel graphics on the older Bookworm kernel, and it's barely working, so no compositing (transparency) for you!:

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Message: No PCI device data found.

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:

loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: swrast gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Use MXPI /Popular Apps/ Kernels to install one of our many recent kernels, (6.6.12 Liquorix is nice), reboot, choose the new kernel under advanced options in GRUB (newer kernel should be by default, though) and it should be working. You'll get a better resolution than your present 1024 x 768, too.

Maybe it's time to start thinking about shipping the KDE edition with a newer kernel, or at least have it available on the ISO.

[Shef9]

Thanks everyone, I'll try experimenting later. If I solve the problem, I will write here.

You'll get a better resolution than your present 1024 x 768, too.

I'm just experimenting on a Hyper-V VM (like manjaro from the screenshot). But on a PC, the situation with the panel is similar (resolution better).

[asqwerth]

The floating panel is found in kde plasma 6. MX23 being based on Debian 12 is still on plasma 5.

So you can't get it here.

Manjaro is arch-based, a rolling distro so they have plasma 6 already. I had the floating panel in artix, another arch-based distro, when the upgrade to plasma 6 rolled in, and I didn't like it (wastes a bit of desktop space at the bottom) so reverted back.

[dreamer]

The floating panel is found in kde plasma 6. MX23 being based on Debian 12 is still on plasma 5.

So you can't get it here.

Manjaro is arch-based, a rolling distro so they have plasma 6 already. I had the floating panel in artix, another arch-based distro, when the upgrade to plasma 6 rolled in, and I didn't like it (wastes a bit of desktop space at the bottom) so reverted back.

For whatever it is worth: The floating panel is available in KDE 5.27 and therefore in MX-23. You just have to enable it. In KDE 6 it is enabled by default so it is easy to think it belongs to KDE 6 only.

[asqwerth]

Ah so!

[tascoast]

I use this transparent image as a panel background in XFCE, making the panel 'see-through'.

You might find it helpful elsewhere.

[Eadwine Rose]

You can make the panel see through in Xfce without an image.

Right click panel, panel preferences, select the panel number in the dropdown that you want to adjust, appearance tab, background solid color, select transparent icon, click select.


I can see where your image comes in helpful elsewhere. Thanks :)