Stephan Sokolow <[email protected]> writes:

> Openbox only draws window borders. All three of those symptoms are 
> problems with LXPanel. (Assuming the volume control is a widget and not 
> an XEmbed tray icon. I don't use it myself.)
>
> The simplest way would probably be to fake a crash using `killall -SEGV 
> lxpanel` and let the session management restart it.
>
> (The more correct but more involved way would be to check what command 
> it was launched with via the autostart file for your session in 
> /etc/xdg/lxsession/ and then, after using `killall lxpanel`, re-run
> that)

Thanks Stephan. That was very helpful, especially I did not know the
entire session is started up via /etc/xdg/lxsession.

--Randy


>
> On 12-12-13 11:14 PM, Randy Yates wrote:
>> Has anyone noticed this?
>>
>> At seemingly random times with no known correlation to anything, the
>> LXDE main panel will
>>
>>    a) stop updating the clock
>>
>>    b) lose some of the standard system tray icons (e.g., the volume
>>    control)
>>
>>    c) lose the menu button
>>
>> These happen all at the same time. Neither "openbox --reconfigure" nor
>> "openbox --restart" help.
>>
>> The remaining parts of the DE seem to work OK, e.g., the application
>> windows are still movable, desktop background is there, etc.
>>
>> I usually reboot to regain a working DE.
>>
>> This usually doesn't happen until at least a couple of days since
>> the last login/reboot.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>
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