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  • Corrupt MATE configuration due to OPERATOR ERROR

    From Richard Owlett@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 17 13:00:06 2024
    ENVIRONMENT:
    Running Debian 9.13 with MATE 1.16.3 on DELL LATITUDE E6410 laptop
    an external monitor is used via ARandR 0.1.9
    Using SeaMonkey 2.49.4 for browser and email
    Yes. Multiple rev's behind. Doing housekeeping before updating ;}

    MATE with installation defaults had run fine.
    Long ago I had added additional panel at top of screen to have room for
    common activities - no problem for years.

    My problem is explicitly with the bottom panel only.
    The *default* on installation is to display:
    1. 4 boxes on right end to select "current" workspace
    2. something for each item open/active in the *current* workspace.

    PROBLEM SEQUENCE
    An unwanted icon was displayed - in appearance a file opened
    by Pluma.
    Did not recall having opened that file recently.
    Couldn't "close" &/or "delete" it.
    In frustration:
    1. right clicked on panel
    2. chose "Delete This Panel"
    I don't recall if confirmation was requested - in any case panel gone!

    I created a new, _apparently_ identical, panel.
    *HOWEVER*
    it displays something for each item open/active in *ANY* workspace.

    How do I get back to displaying something for each item open/active in
    the *CURRENT* workspace?

    TIA

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  • From Charles Curley@21:1/5 to Richard Owlett on Mon Jun 17 15:00:01 2024
    On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 05:35:17 -0500
    Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:

    ENVIRONMENT:
    Running Debian 9.13 with MATE 1.16.3 on DELL LATITUDE E6410 laptop
    an external monitor is used via ARandR 0.1.9
    Using SeaMonkey 2.49.4 for browser and email
    Yes. Multiple rev's behind. Doing housekeeping before updating ;}

    MATE with installation defaults had run fine.
    Long ago I had added additional panel at top of screen to have room
    for common activities - no problem for years.

    I suggest that, if you intend to upgrade to the current stable,
    bookworm (Debian 12), you do that now by a completely new installation.
    Restore your customization a bit at a time. If you are lucky, the
    problem will go away. If the problem returns and you are lucky, you
    will know which customization to revert to fix it.

    You do have good backups, right?

    --
    Does anybody read signatures any more?

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    https://charlescurley.com/blog/

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  • From Mike Kupfer@21:1/5 to Richard Owlett on Mon Jun 17 16:40:02 2024
    Richard Owlett wrote:

    I created a new, _apparently_ identical, panel.
    *HOWEVER*
    it displays something for each item open/active in *ANY* workspace.

    How do I get back to displaying something for each item open/active in
    the *CURRENT* workspace?

    This is the "window list" applet that you're describing. Position your
    mouse just to the left of the leftmost item in the applet, and
    right-click. You should get a menu that has items like "System Monitor"
    and "Preferences". Click on "Preferences". That should bring up the
    controls for the applet as a whole. Somewhere in there will be a
    control for whether to display windows from the current workspace versus
    from all workspaces.

    mike

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  • From Richard Owlett@21:1/5 to Mike Kupfer on Tue Jun 18 11:30:02 2024
    On 06/17/2024 09:33 AM, Mike Kupfer wrote:
    Richard Owlett wrote:

    I created a new, _apparently_ identical, panel.
    *HOWEVER*
    it displays something for each item open/active in *ANY* workspace.

    How do I get back to displaying something for each item open/active in
    the *CURRENT* workspace?

    This is the "window list" applet that you're describing. Position your
    mouse just to the left of the leftmost item in the applet, and
    right-click. You should get a menu that has items like "System Monitor"
    and "Preferences". Click on "Preferences". That should bring up the controls for the applet as a whole. Somewhere in there will be a
    control for whether to display windows from the current workspace versus
    from all workspaces.

    mike


    Thank you. That's the needed solution.

    The "caution" in my subject is for future readers of this thread.

    I wish to emphasize the *just to the left* in the above.
    If you go minimally too far to the left you get a menu related to
    modifying current panel or creating additional panels.

    *Immediately* adjacent to the leftmost item are a faint grey set of
    3 dots vertically aligned. You must right-click ON those dots.

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