21.3 Xfce Question about panel and rows... [Solved]

[MXRobo]

Semi-correction.
I may have meant the Docklike Taskbar because once an app displays, you can R-click it in the Docklike Taskbar and pin it.
So it displays what is currently running, but you can also pin running (displayed) apps.

[krism3]

cairo got stuck again - what am I doing wrong? How to cure it? Thanks!

[krism3]

Okay.
I uninstalled cairo for now. Maybe later.
Menu/Keyboard/Shortcuts - I have created 5 or so and that will lessen the stuff on the panel (which I reset but i said that).
FF
TBird
Skype
MX Pkg Inst
Variety

and noting
Lock screen
Display
Thunar Explorer

For now I'll mark this solved and then later try to make more useful sense of the above ideas. THANKS to ALL!!!

[CharlesV]

Interesting ... my install for cairo is

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cairo-dock
cairo-dock-gnome-integration-plug-in
cairo-dock-xfce-integration-plug-in

and it has never failed me. I have installed it on probably 30+ machines and never had an issue. (I do run with the xfwm compositor and all shadows off. Shadows can cause some issues on some video cards I have found.)

[krism3]

Oh. I installed from MX Pkg Instlr.
I'll try yours.

I got - and then it just stopped...

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kris@mx:~
$ cairo-dock
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/implementations/cairo-dock-egl.c:gldi_register_egl_backend:232)  
  Cairo-Dock was not built with EGL support
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/implementations/cairo-dock-glx.c:_initialize_opengl_backend:129)  
  couldn't find an appropriate visual, trying to get one without Stencil buffer
(it may cause some little deterioration in the rendering) ...

 ============================================================================
	Cairo-Dock version : 3.4.1
	Compiled date      : Jan  2 2021 11:22:34
	Built with GTK     : 3.24
	Running with OpenGL: 1
 ============================================================================

g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed
g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed
sh: 1: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cairo-dock/cairo-dock-launcher-API-daemon: not found
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:init_object:358)  
  Couldn't bind '<Control>F12' (Log out: Show the logout menu)
 This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:init_object:358)  
  Couldn't bind '<Control>F10' (Recent-Events: Show/hide the Recent Events)
 This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:init_object:358)  
  Couldn't bind '<Control>F1' (Applications Menu: Show/hide the Applications menu)
 This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:init_object:358)  
  Couldn't bind '<Control>F2' (Applications Menu: Show/hide the quick-launch dialogue)
 This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-91fau9/cairo-dock-3.4.1+git20201103.0836f5d1/src/gldit/cairo-dock-keybinder.c:init_object:358)  
  Couldn't bind '<Control>F6' (Quick Browser: Show/hide the folder menu)
 This shortkey is probably already used by another applet or another application
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-plug-ins-ypV697/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.4.1+git20201022.a0d3415c/shortcuts/src/applet-drives.c:cd_shortcuts_list_drives:321)  
  couldn't detect any drives
warning :  (/build/cairo-dock-plug-ins-ypV697/cairo-dock-plug-ins-3.4.1+git20201022.a0d3415c/shortcuts/src/applet-load-icons.c:cd_shortcuts_build_shortcuts_from_data:310)  
  Shortcuts : can't monitor bookmarks

Uninstalled a bunch of cairo stuff from repo and then tried gain:

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kris@mx:~
$ cairo-dock
Command 'cairo-dock' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install cairo-dock-core
kris@mx:~
$ sudo apt install cairo-dock-core
[sudo] password for kris: 
Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 7179 (mx-packageinsta)       
Reading package lists... 0%                                                                         Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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  gir1.2-cinnamondesktop-3.0 gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 gir1.2-xapp-1.0 gir1.2-xkl-1.0 gnome-power-manager
  gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnote iso-flags-png-320x240 libalien-sdl-perl
  libcapture-tiny-perl libcinnamon-desktop4 libclass-inspector-perl libconvert-color-perl
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  libtie-simple-perl libxcb-screensaver0 libzeitgeist-2.0-0 nautilus osinfo-db
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Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
  xcompmgr empathy f-spot gnome-calculator gimp inkscape
Recommended packages:
  cairo-dock-plugins
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kris@mx:~
$ cairo-dock-gnome-integration-plug-in
cairo-dock-gnome-integration-plug-in: command not found
kris@mx:~
$ cairo-dock-xfce-integration-plug-in
cairo-dock-xfce-integration-plug-in: command not found
kris@mx:~
$ 

[krism3]

I hold my mouse over help and click on it and it freezes

Screenshot_2023-06-10_23-21-08.jpg

[krism3]

did: don't know if correct.....

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kris@mx:~
$ sudo apt autoremove
[sudo] password for kris: 
Waiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packagWaiting for cache lock: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock. It is held by process 8184 (mx-packageinsta)      
Reading package lists... 0%                                                                         Reading package lists... Done
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  gnome-settings-daemon gnome-settings-daemon-common gnote iso-flags-png-320x240 libalien-sdl-perl
  libcapture-tiny-perl libcinnamon-desktop4 libclass-inspector-perl libconvert-color-perl
  libcscreensaver0 libcue2 libetpan20 libexempi8 libfile-sharedir-perl libfile-which-perl
  libgeoclue-2-0 libgeocode-glib0 libgnome-autoar-0-0 libgweather-3-16 libgweather-common libgxps2
  libiptcdata0 liblist-utilsby-perl libmodule-pluggable-perl libopengl-perl
  libopengl-xscreensaver-perl libosinfo-1.0-0 libsdl-gfx1.2-5 libsdl-pango1 libsdl-perl
  libtie-simple-perl libxcb-screensaver0 libzeitgeist-2.0-0 nautilus osinfo-db
  python3-setproctitle python3-xapp tracker tracker-extract tracker-miner-fs
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kris@mx:~
$ 

[krism3]

If you reset panel and add things to panel and don't re-order the icons, it looks like this, which is near usable...

Screenshot_2023-06-10_23-52-05.jpg

[CharlesV]

hey, thats not bad! Good job!

[krism3]

hey, thats not bad! Good job!

That's called "if you just use it the way they intended, dummy!!!!!!!"