[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#357405: xfce4-panel: panel forgets entries when used with multi-head config
Package: xfce4-panel
Version: 4.2.3-1
Severity: important
There is a problem with the panel on multi-head (non Xinerama) setups.
I can make changes to the panel on the second head (:0.1), but they are not
remembered on the next login. Changes to the panel on the first display (:0.0)
are remembered. The panel stores its configuration data under
~/.config/xfce4/panel in the contents.xml file, and copies this to
contents.xml.active while logged in. It also creates a contents.xml.active.1
file for the second head, but its contents are being derived from the defaults.
Basically, the panel is not properly saving the state of the second panel at
session logout (yes I've tried saving the session). It requires that you
reconfigure the panel after each login, and I consider that unusable for most
users.
I experience this problem on all multi-head systems, and it has been present
since at least the first 4.2 packages. Currently I'm using xfce4-panel 4.2.3-1
from testing and unstable.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.4
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xfce4-panel depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpango1.0-0 1.10.4-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libstartup-notification0 0.8-1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxfce4mcs-client-2 4.2.3-1 Client library for Xfce4 configure
ii libxfce4mcs-manager-2 4.2.3-1 Manager library for Xfce4 configur
ii libxfce4util-1 4.2.3.2-1 Utility functions library for Xfce
ii libxfcegui4-3 4.2.3-1 Basic GUI C functions for Xfce4
ii libxml2 2.6.23.dfsg.2-2 GNOME XML library
ii procps 1:3.2.6-2.1 /proc file system utilities
ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime
xfce4-panel recommends no packages.
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