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jewnersey

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 41

E17 desktop "engage" module only runs when i startx as root

I ran Syu yesterday and it updated a bunch of stuff, but it killed my e17 desktop.  after reboot it told me that there was a serious error and that it unloaded all the modules, etc. 

so i went to default settings and tried to set it back up, but when i Load the module engage, it crashes and resets to default.
when i start in console and login as root, everything works fine. same if i login as my user and sudo load start x.

everything else seems to be okay, but i dont know what happened to engage. im still not entirely familiar with changing permissions but for some reason thats always what i think the problem is. esp in this case since it works fine when im root

jewnersey

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Registered: 2011-12-24

Posts: 41

Re: E17 desktop "engage" module only runs when i startx as root

So ive been messing around, and it seems that the real issue is placing an app icon inside the tool bar when i open anything. it CAN however put the settings window down there.  any user installed applications crash it though.    any ideas?

braincenter

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From: Detroit

Registered: 2006-08-27

Posts: 26

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Re: E17 desktop "engage" module only runs when i startx as root

I am having similar problems.

I have a taskbar module installed in a shelf panel. Whenever I minimize an app, I can't restore the window.

In order to get the window back, I have to right click on the desktop and go the the windows submenu.

I tried reinstalling the complete E-17 package but that did not work.

P.S. Kudos to the E17 developers for giving me back my desktop after the Gnome3 debacle!

lantald

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Registered: 2011-11-23

Posts: 7

Re: E17 desktop "engage" module only runs when i startx as root

Same problem here.

A simple work-around is to remove the taskbar from the engage bar....

I hope someone knows what causes this behaviour, but I realized that opening a new program caused the taskbar to crash

lantald

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Registered: 2011-11-23

Posts: 7

Re: E17 desktop "engage" module only runs when i startx as root

With the new version of E17 the problem seems to be solved