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Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:14 pm**

Once in a while, my panel icons for open applications just turn to a gray rectangle. I'm not sure what causes it because I don't always notice it happening. Eventually they come back.

Minor annoyance. Any idea what I might have done to cause that? This is a relatively fresh install.

Thanks!

Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:39 pm**

Please post Quick System Info. because we don't know what desktop environment you have.

Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 9:28 pm**

Mauser wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:39 pm...because we don't know what desktop environment you have.

Vertical panel with Docklike, also:

" occasionally my panel icons don't display properly - latest mx ahs, xfce "

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:27 am**

cmhobbs wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:14 pm Once in a while, my panel icons for open applications just turn to a gray rectangle. I'm not sure what causes it because I don't always notice it happening. Eventually they come back.

Have same problem but they don't come back.

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:47 am**

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System:    Kernel: 5.18.0-4mx-amd64 [5.18.16-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.18.0-4mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.2.1_ahs_x64 Wildflower September 18  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X399 Taichi serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: P3.90 date: 12/04/2019 
CPU:       Info: 12-Core model: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 
           family: 17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001137 cache: L2: 6 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 167659 
           Speed: 2151 MHz min/max: 2200/3500 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2151 
           2: 2144 3: 2041 4: 1987 5: 2033 6: 1888 7: 1884 8: 2063 9: 3334 10: 1932 11: 2048 
           12: 1981 13: 1893 14: 1886 15: 1915 16: 2079 17: 1889 18: 2075 19: 3747 20: 2004 
           21: 2212 22: 2022 23: 2040 24: 2131 
           Vulnerabilities: 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 vulnerable 
           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, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB 
           filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Navi 24 [Radeon RX 6400 / 6500 XT] vendor: XFX Limited driver: amdgpu 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 45:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:743f class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: 
           loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0") 
           s-diag: 777mm (30.6") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 698x393mm (27.5x15.5") 
           diag: 801mm (31.5") 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD BEIGE_GOBY (LLVM 14.0.5 DRM 3.46 5.18.0-4mx-amd64) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 09:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 45:00.1 
           chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-3: Creative Sound Blaster X3 type: USB 
           driver: cdc_acm,hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 041e:3264 
           class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter> 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.0-4mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel port: 2000 
           bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           modules: wl port: 2000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel port: 1000 
           bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-9:2 
           chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: 
           hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 9.13 TiB used: 3.05 TiB (33.5%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: A-Data model: SX8200PNP size: 953.87 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD 
           serial: <filter> rev: 42BEU1TB temp: 36.9 C scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: A-Data model: SX8200PNP size: 476.94 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD 
           serial: <filter> rev: 32B3T8EB temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR 
           ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 25A2 
           size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> 
           rev: 1026 scheme: GPT 
           ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD Elements 2620 
           size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> 
           rev: 1018 scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 468.68 GiB size: 460.25 GiB (98.20%) used: 12.89 GiB (2.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:4 
           ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat 
           dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:3 
           ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.38 GiB (98.20%) used: 67.54 GiB (14.8%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:5 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 32.0 C mem: 32.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0 
Repos:     Packages: 2645 note: see --pkg apt: 2636 lib: 1435 flatpak: 9 
           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 bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 450 Uptime: 1d 14h 27m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.21 GiB used: 4.06 GiB (13.0%) 
           Init: systemd v: 247 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

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2022 5:41 am**

Does it turn to normal if you restart the panel ?

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xfce4-panel -r

Especially @Coastie

And @cmhobbs if it takes too short to try in a terminal, you can assign a key, say F8, from "Keyboard" - "App. Shortcuts" tab with that command and press it once when that happens.

At least till we understand what causes that.
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Since those icons look like Docklike: You can also:

First backup the current panel (if you like) using "MX Tweak"

then remove Docklike from panel (preferences ... "Items" tab..) and see if it still occurs.

... In case that works (or at least till test is over) you can add "Window Buttons" to panel and remove Docklike.

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 09#p672209

https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php ... 21#p659721

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:40 am**

I don't mind using that one liner now and again. It's really not a big issue. Can I mark your post as the solution, Huck?

Posted: **Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:42 am**

Sure, if you feel as solved (up to you) :)

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