[SOLVED] No panels in xfce this morning

MAYBL8 · 2025-10-18 12:28:52

I have no panels in xfce this morning.
I can right click on the desktop and get my menus to launch programs and when I launch something it fills the screen from top to bottom with no panels there.
If I goto settings manager and panel I get this error message:

gdbus.error:org.freedesktop.DBus.error.SeerviceUnknown: The service is not activatable

Here is info on my system:

ystem:
  Kernel: 6.12.53-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
    root=UUID=e34b9f78-6781-4bc2-826e-081af8c787e9 rw loglevel=3 audit=0
    nvme_load=yes
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 vt: 2
    dm: SDDM Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: PowerEdge T30 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 6 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 07T4MC v: A00 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 07C5
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: 1.0.0 date: 09/05/2016
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Pentium G4400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S
    level: v2 built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94)
    stepping: 3 microcode: 0x9E
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1700 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 1700 2: 1700 bogomips: 13205
  Flags-basic: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
    SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no
    microcode; SMT disabled
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape status: Vulnerable
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 510 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1902 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
    s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Acer G215HV serial: <filter>
    built: 2011 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
    size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
  Info: Tools: de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop,
    xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.53-1-lts status: kernel-api
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-mailcow state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A
  IF-ID-4: veth03a0a90 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: veth054f2c9 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: veth0ccd5e1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: veth1782248 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: veth2d3b57d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-9: veth366a812 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-10: veth37f2482 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-11: veth3992f75 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-12: veth3bce184 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-13: veth400284f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-14: veth601468f state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-15: veth87a88c7 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-16: vethb482e94 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-17: vethb738e13 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-18: vethd5c4aef state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-19: vethe771b96 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-20: vethed1f001 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-21: vethf8ffc93 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, nginx, systemd-timesyncd
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: f060
    bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 95.65 GiB (10.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A810 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 803.57 GiB size: 790.64 GiB (98.39%)
    used: 54.31 GiB (6.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 100 GiB size: 97.87 GiB (97.87%)
    used: 41.34 GiB (42.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C pch: 51.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.22 GiB used: 5.81 GiB (18.6%)
  Processes: 386 Power: uptime: 25m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: shutdown
    avail: reboot,suspend,test_resume image: 12.48 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 258
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 979 libs: 229 tools: paru,yay Compilers:
    gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.39

Let me know if you need any other info.
Thanks

Last edited by MAYBL8 (2025-10-18 18:02:42)

seth · 2025-10-18 16:18:43

I launch something it fills the screen from top to bottom with no panels

Do you still have a window decoration and can move around windows etc?

What happens if you run

xfce4-panel

?

MAYBL8 · 2025-10-18 16:48:40

seth wrote:

I launch something it fills the screen from top to bottom with no panels
Do you still have a window decoration and can move around windows etc?
What happens if you run
xfce4-panel
?

Window decorations do work when launching a package that uses them.

xfce4-panel made the panels work when launched from the command line.
Where is that launched from when the computer starts? Maybe something broke in the startup?

seth · 2025-10-18 16:54:53

https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/getting-started
=> Problem w/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xfce#Configuration ?

MAYBL8 · 2025-10-18 18:02:19

Read all of that.
Checked the settings. Everything looked ok. I didn't change anything.
Launched the xfce4-panel
Looked at the settings.
With the panels on the screen I logged out and back in and the panels came back.
Not sure what fixed it or why i broke.

seth · 2025-10-18 18:03:43

Probably just gets restored w/ the session and was killed/had crashed when the last session was stored?

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#1 2025-10-18 12:28:52

[SOLVED] No panels in xfce this morning

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