Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[jim_p]

Package: lxpanel
Version: 0.10.2.rc1-1
Followup-For: Bug #1052376
X-Debbugs-Cc: pitsior...@outlook.com

Since there is no interest from the maintainers in fixing a 6+ month old grave
bug, I want to ask. Has anyone moved away from lxpanel or even lxde? I would
switch to lxqt, but lxqt is one major version behind in debian (or 2, if you
count the qt6-based lxde 2.0 which was released a week ago).

Knowing that lxde, as a project, is not that actively developed from upstrean,
that gtk3 migration of its apps should not have happened in the first place. In
arch, they still build lxpanel with gtk2 and even pcmanfm has a seperate
package for its gtk3 version.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.6.15-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages lxpanel depends on:
ii  libasound2   1.2.10-3
ii  libc62.37-15
ii  libcairo21.18.0-1+b1
ii  libcurl3-gnutls  8.5.0-2
ii  libfm-gtk3-4 1.3.2-4
ii  libfm-modules1.3.2-4
ii  libfm4   1.3.2-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0  2.42.10+dfsg-3+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.78.4-1
ii  libgtk-3-0   3.24.41-1
ii  libiw30  30~pre9-16+b1
ii  libkeybinder-3.0-0   0.3.2-1.1+b1
ii  libmenu-cache3   1.1.0-1.1+b1
ii  libpango-1.0-0   1.52.0+ds-1
ii  libwnck-3-0  43.0-3
ii  libx11-6 2:1.8.7-1
ii  libxkbfile1  1:1.1.0-1
ii  libxml2  2.9.14+dfsg-1.3+b2
ii  lxmenu-data  0.1.5-2.1
ii  lxpanel-data 0.10.2.rc1-1

Versions of packages lxpanel recommends:
ii  alacritty [x-terminal-emulator] 0.12.2-2+b2
ii  dunst [notification-daemon] 1.9.2-1
ii  libnotify-bin   0.8.3-1
ii  notification-daemon 3.20.0-4+b1
pn  pavucontrol | gnome-alsamixer   
ii  rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator]  9.31-3
ii  xkb-data2.41-2

Versions of packages lxpanel suggests:
ii  brave-browser [www-browser]  1.65.114
ii  chromium [www-browser]   123.0.6312.105-1~deb13u1
ii  firefox [www-browser]123.0-1

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Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[unknown]

Is there a way to help fixing that?

I get that the responsible DD(s) are ovewhelmed and unable to pay
attention to even a grave category bug. Could we somehow lend a hand?

Grigor

Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[jim_p]

Package: lxpanel
Version: 0.10.2.rc1-1
Followup-For: Bug #1052376
X-Debbugs-Cc: pitsior...@outlook.com

Judging from the infrequient updates the package gets in the last couple of
years, I think that it will be fixed after the freeze for debian 13, because it
must be sorted out as a grave but. And all that assuming that they get will the
source from lxde-continued mentioned above.

If that does not happen, it will probably be removed from the repo.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages lxpanel depends on:
ii  libasound2   1.2.10-3
ii  libc62.37-15~deb13u1
ii  libcairo21.18.0-1+b1
ii  libcurl3-gnutls  8.5.0-2
ii  libfm-gtk3-4 1.3.2-4
ii  libfm-modules1.3.2-4
ii  libfm4   1.3.2-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0  2.42.10+dfsg-3
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.78.3-2
ii  libgtk-3-0   3.24.40-2
ii  libiw30  30~pre9-16+b1
ii  libkeybinder-3.0-0   0.3.2-1.1
ii  libmenu-cache3   1.1.0-1.1
ii  libpango-1.0-0   1.51.0+ds-4
ii  libwnck-3-0  43.0-3
ii  libx11-6 2:1.8.7-1
ii  libxkbfile1  1:1.1.0-1
ii  libxml2  2.9.14+dfsg-1.3+b2
ii  lxmenu-data  0.1.5-2.1
ii  lxpanel-data 0.10.2.rc1-1

Versions of packages lxpanel recommends:
ii  alacritty [x-terminal-emulator] 0.12.2-2+b1
ii  dunst [notification-daemon] 1.9.2-1
ii  libnotify-bin   0.8.3-1
ii  notification-daemon 3.20.0-4+b1
pn  pavucontrol | gnome-alsamixer   
ii  rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator]  9.31-2
ii  xkb-data2.38-2

Versions of packages lxpanel suggests:
ii  brave-browser [www-browser]  1.62.156
ii  chromium [www-browser]   121.0.6167.139-1
ii  firefox [www-browser]122.0-1

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Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[Francesco Poli]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:26:30 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:49:04 +0200 Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote:
> 
> > Downgrading/reinstalling the following packages:
> > 
> >   libwnck-common (2.30.7-6)
> >   libwnck22 (2.30.7-6+b1)
> >   libkeybinder0 (0.3.1-2.1)
> >   libfm4 (1.3.2-1)
> >   libfm-gtk4 (1.3.2-1)
> >   lxpanel-data (0.10.1-2) ...
> >   lxpanel (0.10.1-2)
> > 
> > is enough to restore the normal (sane) behavior.
> 
> I also had to downgrade the following package:
> 
>   libfm-modules (1.3.2-1)
> 
> and to purge the following packages:
> 
>   libfm-gtk3-4
>   libkeybinder-3.0-0
>   libwnck-3-0
>   libwnck-3-common

Hello,
just a gentle ping about this bug report: any progress?

I see that several other users are experiencing the same issues I
reported. Is there any plan to fix them soon?

Thanks for your time and dedication!



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Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[jim_p]

Package: lxpanel
Version: 0.10.1-4.1
Followup-For: Bug #1052376
X-Debbugs-Cc: pitsior...@outlook.com

I would like to publically thank Jeroen Diederen for patching lxpanel for me
(thus the .1 at the end of the package version) and for showing us the github
repo of lxde-continued.
He has replied at the other bug report, the one about the gtk3 issues of the
app (1052050). Oddly, all 7 patches that are there fixed only one of my issues
above, the one with the panel going off screen.
However, this was the most annoying one for me and I am thankfull for his work.
I probably do not use the functionality the others patches provide.

There is a newer version of lxpanel on the github page of lxde-continued,
0.10.2, and, if the lxde project is really abandoned by its own devs who moved
to lxqt, I would like to see the maintainers updating lxpanel from there,
assuming that debian has no plans of removing lxde as a whole anytime soon, and
since its other other apps like lxterminal still work.

p.s. Yea, vala-panel did not make it for me because of some crashes it
regularly had and I removed it a week later.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages lxpanel depends on:
ii  libasound2   1.2.10-1
ii  libc62.37-12
ii  libcairo21.18.0-1
ii  libcurl3-gnutls  8.4.0-2
ii  libfm-gtk3-4 1.3.2-4
ii  libfm-modules1.3.2-4
ii  libfm4   1.3.2-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0  2.42.10+dfsg-3
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.78.1-4
ii  libgtk-3-0   3.24.38-6
ii  libiw30  30~pre9-14
ii  libkeybinder-3.0-0   0.3.2-1.1
ii  libmenu-cache3   1.1.0-1.1
ii  libpango-1.0-0   1.51.0+ds-3
ii  libwnck-3-0  43.0-3
ii  libx11-6 2:1.8.7-1
ii  libxkbfile1  1:1.1.0-1
ii  libxml2  2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
ii  lxmenu-data  0.1.5-2.1
ii  lxpanel-data 0.10.1-4.1

Versions of packages lxpanel recommends:
ii  alacritty [x-terminal-emulator] 0.12.2-2+b1
ii  dunst [notification-daemon] 1.9.2-1
ii  libnotify-bin   0.8.2-1
ii  notification-daemon 3.20.0-4+b1
pn  pavucontrol | gnome-alsamixer   
ii  rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator]  9.31-1
ii  xkb-data2.38-2

Versions of packages lxpanel suggests:
ii  brave-browser [www-browser]  1.60.118
ii  chromium [www-browser]   119.0.6045.159-1
ii  firefox [www-browser]120.0-2

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Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[jim_p]

Package: lxpanel
Version: 0.10.1-4
Followup-For: Bug #1052376
X-Debbugs-Cc: pitsior...@outlook.com

Has anyone tried (or even switched to) another panel? I am currently trying
vala-panel. It is not perfect, e.g. it sometimes crashes and I had to symlink a
lib so as to get the tray area working, but it seems fine for day to day usage
until lxpanel gets patched.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages lxpanel depends on:
ii  libasound2   1.2.10-1
ii  libc62.37-12
ii  libcairo21.18.0-1
ii  libcurl3-gnutls  8.4.0-2
ii  libfm-gtk3-4 1.3.2-4
ii  libfm-modules1.3.2-4
ii  libfm4   1.3.2-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0  2.42.10+dfsg-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.78.0-2
ii  libgtk-3-0   3.24.38-5
ii  libiw30  30~pre9-14
ii  libkeybinder-3.0-0   0.3.2-1.1
ii  libmenu-cache3   1.1.0-1.1
ii  libpango-1.0-0   1.51.0+ds-2
ii  libwnck-3-0  43.0-3
ii  libx11-6 2:1.8.7-1
ii  libxml2  2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
ii  lxmenu-data  0.1.5-2.1
ii  lxpanel-data 0.10.1-4

Versions of packages lxpanel recommends:
ii  alacritty [x-terminal-emulator] 0.12.2-2+b1
ii  dunst [notification-daemon] 1.9.2-1
ii  libnotify-bin   0.8.2-1
ii  notification-daemon 3.20.0-4+b1
pn  pavucontrol | gnome-alsamixer   
ii  rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator]  9.31-1
ii  xkb-data2.38-2

Versions of packages lxpanel suggests:
ii  brave-browser [www-browser]  1.59.124
ii  chromium [www-browser]   118.0.5993.117-1
ii  firefox [www-browser]118.0.2-1

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Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[Rusan Ioan]

Same issue also all my systems (with various displays...and also on 
remote display)


--
Cu stima,
Ioan Rusan

Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[unknown]

Bug confirmed here on two laptops, exactly matching Francesco Poli's
description.

Grigor

Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[jim_p]

Package: lxpanel
Version: 0.10.1-4
Followup-For: Bug #1052376
X-Debbugs-Cc: pitsior...@outlook.com

Any chance of merging any of the patches from the other bug report?
Let's say that I can live with the panel being bright (I use numix as gtk
theme)... or with the tooltips that show up on the top of the screen instead of
above the panel (I have it on the bottom)... or with the icons' display in the
task bar which is partially broken.
What annoys me the most is that when opening more than 6 windows, the right
side of the panel, with the clock and the tray, goes off screen (screen has
1280 pixels width).

p.s. The panel being bright is something gtk3 related I guess, because pcmanfm
is also bright and got its gtk3 upgrade at the same time. Forcing the gtk3 apps
to use the dark version of the theme, by adding gtk-application-prefer-dark-
theme=1 in .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini makes all gtk3 apps dark, e.g. chromium
or firefox, which is not wanted.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages lxpanel depends on:
ii  libasound2   1.2.9-2
ii  libc62.37-10
ii  libcairo21.18.0-1
ii  libcurl3-gnutls  8.2.1-2
ii  libfm-gtk3-4 1.3.2-4
ii  libfm-modules1.3.2-4
ii  libfm4   1.3.2-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0  2.42.10+dfsg-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.78.0-2
ii  libgtk-3-0   3.24.38-5
ii  libiw30  30~pre9-14
ii  libkeybinder-3.0-0   0.3.2-1.1
ii  libmenu-cache3   1.1.0-1.1
ii  libpango-1.0-0   1.51.0+ds-2
ii  libwnck-3-0  43.0-3
ii  libx11-6 2:1.8.6-1
ii  libxml2  2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
ii  lxmenu-data  0.1.5-2.1
ii  lxpanel-data 0.10.1-4

Versions of packages lxpanel recommends:
ii  alacritty [x-terminal-emulator] 0.12.2-2
ii  dunst [notification-daemon] 1.9.2-1
ii  libnotify-bin   0.8.2-1
ii  notification-daemon 3.20.0-4+b1
pn  pavucontrol | gnome-alsamixer   
ii  rxvt-unicode [x-terminal-emulator]  9.31-1
ii  xkb-data2.38-2
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator] 384-1

Versions of packages lxpanel suggests:
ii  brave-browser [www-browser]  1.58.135
ii  chromium [www-browser]   117.0.5938.132-1
ii  firefox [www-browser]117.0.1-1

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Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[Francesco Poli]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2023 08:49:04 +0200 Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote:

> Downgrading/reinstalling the following packages:
> 
>   libwnck-common (2.30.7-6)
>   libwnck22 (2.30.7-6+b1)
>   libkeybinder0 (0.3.1-2.1)
>   libfm4 (1.3.2-1)
>   libfm-gtk4 (1.3.2-1)
>   lxpanel-data (0.10.1-2) ...
>   lxpanel (0.10.1-2)
> 
> is enough to restore the normal (sane) behavior.

I also had to downgrade the following package:

  libfm-modules (1.3.2-1)

and to purge the following packages:

  libfm-gtk3-4
  libkeybinder-3.0-0
  libwnck-3-0
  libwnck-3-common



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Bug#1052376: lxpanel: no longer obeys its geometry settings

[Francesco Poli (wintermute)]

Package: lxpanel
Version: 0.10.1-4
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hello!

I have just upgraded lxpanel:

  [UPGRADE] lxpanel:amd64 0.10.1-2 -> 0.10.1-4
  [UPGRADE] lxpanel-data:amd64 0.10.1-2 -> 0.10.1-4

and not it behaves insanely.

My settings are as follows:
in the "Geometry" tab, choose Edge "Bottom", Alignment "Right",
set Margin "275", choose Monitor "1", set Width "100" "% Percent",
Height "28" "Pixels", Icon size "24" Pixels.
In the "Panel Applets" tab, I have a number of plugins,
among which a Task Bar with 'Stretch' checked.

For a complete description of my settings, see my documentation
[page].

[page]: 


Until lxpanel/0.10.1-2, this resulted in a fixed width panel,
that was as large as the screen minus 275 pixels. The panel
spanned from the left edge of the screen to a point 275 pixels
from the right edge of the screen. Various plugins were shown
from left to right, with the Task Bar that was as large as possible,
but leaving enough space for the other plugins on its left and on
its right. Everything was really good.

Now, with lxpanel/0.10.1-4, the behavior seems to have gone crazy.
The only shown plugins are the ones on the left of the Task Bar,
and the Task Bar itself. The panel spans from the left edge of
the screen to a point which moves to the left or to the right,
depending on how many windows have to be represented in the Task Bar!
With enough windows, it is even possible to see the panel become
larger than the screen!
The plugins that should appear to the right of the Task Bar are
only partially shown, and only if the panel grows beyond some
mysterious point...

In other words lxpanel has become unusable.

Downgrading/reinstalling the following packages:

  libwnck-common (2.30.7-6)
  libwnck22 (2.30.7-6+b1)
  libkeybinder0 (0.3.1-2.1)
  libfm4 (1.3.2-1)
  libfm-gtk4 (1.3.2-1)
  lxpanel-data (0.10.1-2) ...
  lxpanel (0.10.1-2)

is enough to restore the normal (sane) behavior.


Please fix this bug as soon as possible (and please do not
downgrade the severity of this bug report!).

Thanks for your time and dedication!
Bye.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.4.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), 
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages lxpanel depends on:
ii  libasound2   1.2.9-2
ii  libc62.37-8
ii  libcairo21.17.8-3
ii  libcurl3-gnutls  8.2.1-2
ii  libfm-gtk3-4 1.3.2-4
ii  libfm-modules1.3.2-4
ii  libfm4   1.3.2-4
ii  libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0  2.42.10+dfsg-1+b1
ii  libglib2.0-0 2.78.0-1
ii  libgtk-3-0   3.24.38-5
ii  libiw30  30~pre9-14
ii  libkeybinder-3.0-0   0.3.2-1.1
ii  libmenu-cache3   1.1.0-1.1
ii  libpango-1.0-0   1.51.0+ds-2
ii  libwnck-3-0  43.0-3
ii  libx11-6 2:1.8.6-1
ii  libxml2  2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
ii  lxmenu-data  0.1.5-2.1
ii  lxpanel-data 0.10.1-4

Versions of packages lxpanel recommends:
ii  libnotify-bin  0.8.2-1
ii  notification-daemon3.20.0-4+b1
pn  pavucontrol | gnome-alsamixer  
ii  xkb-data   2.38-2
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulator]384-1

Versions of packages lxpanel suggests:
ii  chromium [www-browser] 116.0.5845.140-1
ii  falkon [www-browser]   23.08.0-1
ii  firefox-esr [www-browser]  115.2.1esr-1
ii  w3m [www-browser]  0.5.3+git20230121-2

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