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When xfce4 is installed, better do not update packages that are part of xfce4,
because after updating, panel 1 (usually at top of screen) is too small and
has no items and panel 2 (usually at bottom of screen) does not appear at all.
Panels can be configured and populated with items and these configurations
are also stored in
[c]$HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml[/c]
but when xfce4-panel is restarted, as with logout and new login,
this configuration is lost!
Neither do I know what causes this behaviour nor do I have a workaround.
Xfce4 with actual versions created for current64 works properly.
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Hi HGT,
Panels can be configured and populated with items and these configurations
are also stored in
$HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
but when xfce4-panel is restarted, as with logout and new login,
this configuration is lost!
Try!
Accessing Configuration Data
xfce4-settings-editor - Settings Editor
Monitoring Channel Changes
XFSETTINGSD_DEBUG=1 xfsettingsd --replace --no-daemon
xfconf - Configuration Storage System
Xfconf is a hierarchical (tree-like) configuration system where the immediate child nodes of the root are called “channels”. All settings beneath the channel nodes are called “properties.”
Accessing Configuration Data
Settings stored in Xfconf can be accessed in numerous ways:
From within applications of Settings Manager. Most of the time, settings stored in Xfconf and configuration options presented in the GUI are tightly coupled. It means that any action of the GUI settings is automatically and immediately propagated to the configuration system and vice-versa. See also: Settings Daemon.
From Command Line Interface (CLI) using xfconf-query.
From GUI. Settings, which are not exposed in configuration dialogs, can be browsed and manipulated using Settings Editor.
If everything else fails, settings can be edited manually. Xfconf stores all its data in XML files, which can be edited when Xfconf is not running. Be very careful when using this option, as it is easy to make the file unparseable or inconsistent.
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/start
xfce4-settings-editor - Settings Editor
The xfce4-settings-editor is a tool for editing ALL settings within xfconf. It is the graphical counterpart of xfconf-query. Both xfconf-query and the xfce4-settings-editor can be used to perform maintenance on the xfconf property database.
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Monitoring Channel Changes
If you right-click a channel, you can Monitor... a channel for changes. This is useful for debugging in some cases and gives you some insight in the activity of a channel.
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/editor
xfce4-settings - Settings Daemon
Debugging
If you have problems with settings and wonder which and if the settings are applied, you can run the daemon in debugging mode. You can do with with the following command in a terminal:
XFSETTINGSD_DEBUG=1 xfsettingsd --replace --no-daemon
https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/xfsettingsd
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@alanyih
Thank you for your suggestions, but I tried all these before.
The only hint I get is the message:
[c]Not a valid position defined[/c]
Even when I start with the default panel configuration (that worked before updating and works with the actual version of xfce4 on SliTaz current64) this is replaced by a configuration with empty panel 1 and without panel 2 and I do not know which component causes the modification, maybe xfconfd or xfce4-panel.
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@HGT
I do not know which component causes the modification, maybe xfconfd or xfce4-panel.
Which version?
Do you try xfce4-4.18?
packages-xfce4-4.18.tar
https://reurl.cc/4dMpYY
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@alanyih
Indeed for SliTaz current64 I created the xfce4 packages with version 4.18 by myself and all works fine.
The problem is with SliTaz 5 (cooking), where I failed to create xfce4-4.18 packages and xfce4-panel-4.12.0 and xfconf-4.14.1 do not work properly.
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Reverting xfconf to version 4.12.0 and recompiling all packages, that depend on xfconf[-dev] solved the problem.
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