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JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

[SOLVED] Double Icon, xfce4-power-manager - Ideas?

Hey all,

Recently I've had this little launcher-like icon beside my power manager icon in xfce4.  I can't seem to get rid of it...and when you right-click on it, it's the exact same thing as the xfce4-power-manager icon.  If I try to click the "quit" option, it closes itself and the xfce4-power-manager.  It's like a double-icon for xfce4-power-manager that I can't seem to get rid of.

So far I've tried deleting all of my xfce configs (rm -rf /home/<user>/.config/{xfce4,xfce4-session}) and it still shows up.  I've looked at the .xml files and they look fine.  So...I settled on just hiding the icon(s)...it only shows up as one icon to hide in the notification area preferences. 

Any suggestions/ideas on how to get rid of it?  Screenshot provided:

By jazzplayerl9 at 2011-10-19

Last edited by JazzplayerL9 (2011-10-21 18:14:39)

Padfoot

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Registered: 2010-09-03

Posts: 381

Re: [SOLVED] Double Icon, xfce4-power-manager - Ideas?

Quick question, do you have more apps running in the tray besides what is shown?

To me it looks like your task bar is full and any further icons in the tray have been temporarily hidden. The icon to the right of the power manager looks like and expander to show the remaining icons.

Whar happens when you left click on the icon?

Cheers.

[OOPPPPPSSSS] Anyone pick up the redmond faux pas in my post? Let's try changing 'task bar' to panel [/OOPPPPPSSSS]

Last edited by Padfoot (2011-10-20 08:35:04)

JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: [SOLVED] Double Icon, xfce4-power-manager - Ideas?

Hi Padfoot,

Thanks for replying.  Nope, I have only what is shown running.  I expanded out my notification area for that screenshot.  The rectangular "unknown icon" to the left of the power icon is the offending artifact.  It acts and behaves as if it's the same icon as the power icon.  When I close one of them, they both close.  When I hide one, they both hide.  When I issue commands from the "unknown icon" power options, it's the same as if I used the power icon.  Hence, I am stumped...5 years of Arch and this is the first thing that really has me without explanation.  If you want to look through my configs, I'll pastebin some of them...just let me know which ones you would want to look at.

Thanks!

Padfoot

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Registered: 2010-09-03

Posts: 381

Re: [SOLVED] Double Icon, xfce4-power-manager - Ideas?

The only other thing I can think of is you either have 2 instances of xfce4-power-manager running, or gnome-power-manager is trying to launch.

Have you previously or are you currently starting gnome services at start up (Settings >> Session and Startup - Advanced tab)? If so, check the Application Autostart tab to see if you have both gnome-power-manager and xfce4-power-manager selected.

Otherwise check to see if more than 1 instance of xfce4-power-manager is running:

$ ps aux | grep xfce4-power-manager

there should be too lines similar to the following:

padfoot   2586  0.1  1.2 177036 12500 ?        Ssl  16:51   0:03 xfce4-power-manager --restart --sm-client-id 263cc3d4b-0aaa-48ba-9bfe-14697576ae9f
padfoot   2615  0.0  0.2  16680  2848 ?        Ss   16:51   0:00 xfce4-power-manager

Any more than that and you have more than 1 instance.

Let me know

Cheers.

JazzplayerL9

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Registered: 2006-03-31

Posts: 109

Re: [SOLVED] Double Icon, xfce4-power-manager - Ideas?

Yeah, I had gnome services checked for startup.  I completely forgot about that.  Marking this as solved!  Thanks Padfoot...it's always the little things I miss.