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ruthan

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Registered: 2015-08-23

Posts: 7

Mate no panel after login, mate-panel - replace fixing it 1 session

Hello,
i have problem with mate, panel is missing after loging, i got info that panel is alreary running, but im able to fix it only for 1 session by command sudo mate-panel --replace

Kernel - 4.16, Nvidia 352, all updated, lighdm - i dont know if lightdm is optional for arch, i just tried it.

  Tell me pleas which logs you need for debugging. Xfce running fine, Cinnamon crashing right after logging - i got restart message and that that nothing happens.

Chazza

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Registered: 2013-06-02

Posts: 506

Re: Mate no panel after login, mate-panel - replace fixing it 1 session

I really don't think you should be running mate-panel --replace with sudo.

I do seem to remember that mate-panel had a --reset option which returns the mate-panel config to default. So you could try running mate-panel --reset
Another thing I remember is that the compositing manager for Marco (the MATE window manager) was a bit dodgy around v1.6 or 1.8 and caused strange graphical glitches sometimes. If that's enabled you could try disabling it and see if that makes a difference. The option should be under System -> Settings -> Window Manager or something along those lines.

Beyond that, I can't really help as I haven't used MATE in ages.

Regarding logs, there's the Xorg log, usually located either at /var/log/Xorg.0.log or ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log.
There's also the journal.

Last edited by Chazza (2015-09-03 10:50:04)