Hi,
Mint 20.1, Mate Desktop (User for several years, upgraded with fresh install from previous LTS about 2 weeks ago.)
Periodically, with no apparent relationship to activities, the mate panel becomes invisible. It is not configured to auto-hide. Clicking in the bottom-left where the menu is known to be will launch the menu.
A reboot brings it back again.
Tried with and without compositing.
Any ideas?
Mate panel intermittently invisible
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Mate panel intermittently invisible
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Re: Mate panel intermittently invisible
You can reset panel to defaults:
mate-panel --reset
It's a full reset, all customizations will be lost.
mate-panel --reset
It's a full reset, all customizations will be lost.
Everything in life was difficult before it became easy.
Re: Mate panel intermittently invisible
to kill current panel:
killall mate-panel
it should restart itself.
killall mate-panel
it should restart itself.
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Re: Mate panel intermittently invisible
I had a machine that did that, But I don't remember if it was in 19.x or 20.xPeriodically, with no apparent relationship to activities, the mate panel becomes invisible.
I assume you know how to use Desktop Settings (it's in the Control Center)Tried with and without compositing.
I stopped the issue by changing the Window Manager to Metacity + Compositing (Desktop Settings > Windows). Then log out and back in. It just might work for you as well if not you can always change it back.
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