Whisker Menu has disappeared  [Solved]

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Richard
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Whisker Menu has disappeared  [Solved]

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While 2nd monitor config
Whisker Menu has disappeared
the keyboard on this HP is very touchy.
Miss my Thankpad

I did search a bit but haven’t found a good workaround yet. Looking how to gget the old Xfce menu? Anyone have an idea. There is an abbreviated one but not as useful as before.

Wifi works with AHS but going to try regular 64 bit & Liquorix.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.10-12~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro
    quiet
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
  M
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.4_ahs_x64 Libretto September 15  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux
    12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 17-cp3xxx v: Type1ProductConfigId
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 8B6D v: 59.07 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: F.06
    date: 05/23/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.3 Wh (91.6%) condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100.0%) volts: 13.0 min: 11.3
    model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging cycles: 4
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80)
    stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA50000F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1226 high: 4541 min/max: 400/4546 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
    governor: performance cores: 1: 2301 2: 400 3: 4275 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 4541
    10: 400 11: 400 12: 400 bogomips: 47908
  Flags: avx avx2 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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  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; IBRS_FW; STIBP: always-on; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Barcelo vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
    process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:15e7 class-ID: 0300 temp: 45.0 C
  Device-2: Chicony HP True Vision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-3:3
    chip-ID: 04f2:b78f class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1997x1980 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 528x524mm (20.79x20.63") s-diag: 744mm (29.29")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary,top-left model: HP L2206tm serial: <filter>
    built: 2013 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55")
    diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 mapped: eDP pos: bottom-r model: AU Optronics 0xd792 built: 2020 res: 1600x900
    hz: 60 dpi: 106 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1600x900 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.2-1~mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi renoir LLVM
    15.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
    snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt,
    snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 03:00.6
    chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.10-1-liquorix-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 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852be v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b852 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152 bus-ID: 1-2.1:4
    chip-ID: 0bda:8152 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 0bda:b85c
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:6 sco-mtu: 255:12 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.75 TiB used: 13.93 GiB (0.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: solidgm model: SSDPFKNU010TZH size: 953.87 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: HPS3 temp: 28.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD20SDRW-11VUUS0
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1026 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 448.2 GiB size: 440.1 GiB (98.19%) used: 13.47 GiB (3.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 274 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 505.42 GiB size: 496.41 GiB (98.22%) used: 472.4 MiB (0.1%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 6 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 46.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2121 libs: 1052 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/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 407 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 2 Memory: 30.71 GiB used: 3.48 GiB (11.3%) 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
Last edited by Richard on Mon Dec 30, 2024 11:27 am, edited 3 times in total.
Thinkpad T430 & Dell Latitude E7450, both with MX-21.3.1
__kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
__Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
HP Ryzen 5 17-cp3xxx with MX23.4 AHS & Liquorix 6.10-12~mx23ahs amd64

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FullScale4Me
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Re: Whisker Menu has disappeared

#2 Post by FullScale4Me »

Right click on the panel, select 'Panel' then '+add items' and scroll down to 'Whisker Menu' and finally click '+add'.

Then to move it around - right click on the panel, click 'Pane' then 'Panel preferences'. Select the 'Items' tab to move it back to where it was.
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Richard
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Re: Whisker Menu has disappeared

#3 Post by Richard »

@FullScale4Me
I'll try again. I had 4 installs of Whisker but none opened.
Thinkpad T430 & Dell Latitude E7450, both with MX-21.3.1
__kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
__Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
HP Ryzen 5 17-cp3xxx with MX23.4 AHS & Liquorix 6.10-12~mx23ahs amd64

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Kermit the Frog
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Re: Whisker Menu has disappeared

#4 Post by Kermit the Frog »

If nothing works you can turn back to default panel (including Whisker) with "MX Tweak" with 1 click.

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Richard
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Re: Whisker Menu has disappeared

#5 Post by Richard »

That's worth a try. It went away a while, couple hour's, after changed to bottom.
Thinkpad T430 & Dell Latitude E7450, both with MX-21.3.1
__kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
__Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
HP Ryzen 5 17-cp3xxx with MX23.4 AHS & Liquorix 6.10-12~mx23ahs amd64

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Richard
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Re: Whisker Menu has disappeared

#6 Post by Richard »

it is back
vertical
thanks
Thinkpad T430 & Dell Latitude E7450, both with MX-21.3.1
__kernal 5.10.0-26-amd64 x86_64; Xfce-4.18.0; 8 GB RAM
__Intel Core i5-3380M, Graphics, Audio, Video; & SSDs.
HP Ryzen 5 17-cp3xxx with MX23.4 AHS & Liquorix 6.10-12~mx23ahs amd64

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