xfdesktop issueshttps://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues2024-02-27T05:37:29Zhttps://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/242[4.19.1] xfdesktop 4.19.1 shows empty desktop after upgrade from 4.19.0, was ...2024-02-27T05:37:29ZSebastian Pipping[4.19.1] xfdesktop 4.19.1 shows empty desktop after upgrade from 4.19.0, was showing file icons beforeHi! :wave:
I'm a happy user of XFCE, thanks for making XFCE and sharing it as Open Source! :pray:
I installed xfdesktop 4.19.1 two days ago and found my desktop with no icons today after reboot. What helped is to go to the settings ...Hi! :wave:
I'm a happy user of XFCE, thanks for making XFCE and sharing it as Open Source! :pray:
I installed xfdesktop 4.19.1 two days ago and found my desktop with no icons today after reboot. What helped is to go to the settings and switch "Icon Type" to "None" and back to "File/launcher icons". So there is apparently some problem in the upgrade path and/or a mismatch of settings dialog and reality. Any chance this could be fixed for 4.19.2?
Thanks and best, Sebastian
PS: This is ticket https://bugs.gentoo.org/904468 in Gentoo Linux.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/239Changing background via xfdesktop-settings not working (xfdesktop-4.19.0)2023-04-17T19:07:09ZimikklChanging background via xfdesktop-settings not working (xfdesktop-4.19.0)When changing the background image via xfdesktop-settings nothing happens. I tested this on multiple machines and the issue is not present with xfdesktop-4.18.1. However, it is possible to change the background via xfconf-query and the d...When changing the background image via xfdesktop-settings nothing happens. I tested this on multiple machines and the issue is not present with xfdesktop-4.18.1. However, it is possible to change the background via xfconf-query and the difference here is that xfdesktop-settings changes value of e.g. '/backdrop/screen0/**monitor0**/workspace0/last-image' which is not effective whereas modifying '/backdrop/screen0/**monitorDisplayPort-0**/workspace0/last-image' works. Note that the property name (e.g. ../monitorDisplayPort-0/..) may change for different machines/gpu/monitor configurations.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/238Display manager doesn't change settings2023-04-05T10:37:05ZSoren90Display manager doesn't change settings# Setup
OS: Arch Linux
GFX: AMD 7900XT with vulc 23.0.1-2 driver
DE: xfce 4.18.1-1
Screen: Asus PG279Q - 2560x1440@165hz
# Problem
When I restart my computer, my main display always turns to 60hz as in this bug:#224, but the add...# Setup
OS: Arch Linux
GFX: AMD 7900XT with vulc 23.0.1-2 driver
DE: xfce 4.18.1-1
Screen: Asus PG279Q - 2560x1440@165hz
# Problem
When I restart my computer, my main display always turns to 60hz as in this bug:#224, but the additional problem I have is when I change to from 60hz to 165hz and hit "apply", it will ask if I want to keep the settings, but the screen is still at 60hz (nothing happens). But if I choose for example 144hz it works fine.
# Workaround
The workaround I've found is to change the scaling at the same time as I change to 165hz and then change the scaling back. Then I get back to 1x scaling and 165hz without any issues
# Thanks!
I also just want to take the opportunity to thank all developers and other community members on this project. I've been away from xfce for some years now, but now when I'm back the experience has been awesome!https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/237Window crash with Help button2023-04-01T09:29:27ZIoannisLMWindow crash with Help buttonWindow crash with Help button on Create _URL Link... or Create _Launcher...
desktop 4.18.1-1Window crash with Help button on Create _URL Link... or Create _Launcher...
desktop 4.18.1-1https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/236Notifications stay forever (not disappearing) when unmounting a device2023-03-02T20:32:05ZAlexanderNotifications stay forever (not disappearing) when unmounting a deviceHello,
I guess I'm on the right xfce channel/project here. I've noticed that my desktop notifications **don't disappear** anymore.
And it **happens only when I unmount** any device via Thunar. Whether it's an external HDD, a Flash USB ...Hello,
I guess I'm on the right xfce channel/project here. I've noticed that my desktop notifications **don't disappear** anymore.
And it **happens only when I unmount** any device via Thunar. Whether it's an external HDD, a Flash USB drive, or a smartphone. Though I don't see any error in dmesg.
I think it's useless to attach a screenshot since it's just a notification, but here it is anyway: http://0x0.st/Hz1J.png
But it disappears as it should **in any other case**: like a torrent after being downloaded or from the Notification appearance settings app when I click 'Show Preview' etc.
What I've tried: cleaning the ~/.cache, starting the Notifications settings and changing every option there. It's being set to disappear after 5 seconds. Nothing helps.
Seems like it started to happen after some recent update. I'm on Arch Linux, so it's pretty always fresh.
I understand that it could be some other system issue but I've seen some recent updates like thunar and xfce4-notifyd, so I guess it can be somehow connected. Anyone experiencing this too?
Xfce versions:
libxfce4ui 4.18.2
xfce4-notifyd 0.8.2
xfwm4 4.18.0
thunar 4.18.4
thunar-volman 4.18.0
If that helps. And if you need more info, just tell me what to do. Thank you.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/235build break: autogen.sh failed to create config.rpath2023-03-01T14:09:29ZEnrico Weigeltbuild break: autogen.sh failed to create config.rpathautogen.sh fails creating conf.rpath - seems like extra autoreconf run needed.autogen.sh fails creating conf.rpath - seems like extra autoreconf run needed.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/234build break: error while opening "@MSGFMT_OPTS@" for reading2023-03-01T14:39:31ZEnrico Weigeltbuild break: error while opening "@MSGFMT_OPTS@" for reading
make run failing with:
/usr/bin/msgfmt: error while opening "@MSGFMT_OPTS@" for reading: No such file or directory
make run failing with:
/usr/bin/msgfmt: error while opening "@MSGFMT_OPTS@" for reading: No such file or directoryhttps://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/233Support Thunar's custom per-file foreground and background highlight colors2023-04-29T10:31:08ZIoannisLMSupport Thunar's custom per-file foreground and background highlight colorsFile or folder highlights settings via thunar or desktop context menu properties its not visible.File or folder highlights settings via thunar or desktop context menu properties its not visible.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/232Unable to do Right Click on Desktop2023-02-25T19:57:33ZJaskaran SinghUnable to do Right Click on DesktopI am unable to do right click on desktop since last update and also not able to change desktop wallpaper. Right click on other application is working fine. So I tried to change desktop wallpaper from settings and using "xfconf-query" com...I am unable to do right click on desktop since last update and also not able to change desktop wallpaper. Right click on other application is working fine. So I tried to change desktop wallpaper from settings and using "xfconf-query" command but both methods doesn't worked. Please help me to troubleshoot this issue.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/231Opening windows do not center.2023-02-12T09:03:33ZMarshall NeillOpening windows do not center.Toz said that I could reference the xfce forum so here is the link to the issue mentioned
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=70920#p70920Toz said that I could reference the xfce forum so here is the link to the issue mentioned
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=70920#p70920https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/230Blurry icons again on desktop2023-06-08T10:36:10ZManuel GrießmayrBlurry icons again on desktopxfdesktop 4.18:
![blurry_icons_xfdesktop_4_18](/uploads/2f4e6a9e1145a5a90130f60612557891/blurry_icons_xfdesktop_4_18.png)
xfdesktop master
![blurry_icons_xfdesktop_master](/uploads/2251714ca8b3dc583ac7fb14e0304223/blurry_icons_xfdeskt...xfdesktop 4.18:
![blurry_icons_xfdesktop_4_18](/uploads/2f4e6a9e1145a5a90130f60612557891/blurry_icons_xfdesktop_4_18.png)
xfdesktop master
![blurry_icons_xfdesktop_master](/uploads/2251714ca8b3dc583ac7fb14e0304223/blurry_icons_xfdesktop_master.png)
On version 4.18 all icons are sharp but on master only some icons are sharp like the folder icon.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/229Unable to open folders2023-01-23T10:33:27ZIoannisLMUnable to open foldersSelecting 2 or more folders from my desktop and from dialog select open (missing open all) do nothing with error:
** (xfdesktop:509): CRITICAL **: 10:56:28.448: xfdesktop_file_icon_menu_open_folder: assertion 'g_list_length(selected) ==...Selecting 2 or more folders from my desktop and from dialog select open (missing open all) do nothing with error:
** (xfdesktop:509): CRITICAL **: 10:56:28.448: xfdesktop_file_icon_menu_open_folder: assertion 'g_list_length(selected) == 1' failed
thunar version: arch 4.18.3-1 - debian testing 4.18.2-1
xfdesktop version: arch 4.18.1-1 - debian testing 4.18.0-1https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/228Canceling icon re-positioning from settings dialog should revert setting to o...2023-01-20T07:58:05ZBrian TarriconeCanceling icon re-positioning from settings dialog should revert setting to original valuehttps://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/226Does xdg-desktop-portal-xfce exist, or should it exist?2023-01-07T07:54:51Zyuri@FreeBSDDoes xdg-desktop-portal-xfce exist, or should it exist?There are several xdg-desktop-portal-{desktop-environment} projects, for example xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.
Some software, like Pipewire, interacts with xdg-desktop-portal-{xx}.
Should xdg-desktop-portal-xfce exist? Does it exist? Or is xd...There are several xdg-desktop-portal-{desktop-environment} projects, for example xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.
Some software, like Pipewire, interacts with xdg-desktop-portal-{xx}.
Should xdg-desktop-portal-xfce exist? Does it exist? Or is xdg-desktop-portal-gtk sufficient for XFCE4?https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/225weird snapping to panel issue, I can't turn off.2022-12-31T20:16:39ZD33M0Nweird snapping to panel issue, I can't turn off.Since upgrade to xfce 4.18 I have this (improved*) snapping issue that I can't turn off.
It seems to snap windows to vertical panel right edge some weird way. Can't really describe, so I screen recorded.
Did turn off screen edge and wind...Since upgrade to xfce 4.18 I have this (improved*) snapping issue that I can't turn off.
It seems to snap windows to vertical panel right edge some weird way. Can't really describe, so I screen recorded.
Did turn off screen edge and window snapping, but this panel snapping still occurs.
[2022-12-31_14-14-58.mkv](/uploads/741c3de71095bc1960f957fe68385094/2022-12-31_14-14-58.mkv)
* improvement is that previously it snapped to some random spot on top left screen that changed after every reboot or suspend. Now it seems to be localized to panel.https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/224Display layout changes when AOC display resumes from sleep or is turned back ...2023-04-24T23:14:17ZD33M0NDisplay layout changes when AOC display resumes from sleep or is turned back on (from on/off button)Have 4 displays -- 3 Dell, 1 AOC (Q3279VWFD8). Have learned to live with the reality that the layout and icons gets changed up every time displays resume from sleep (or is turned back on from power button), so had/have implemented xrandr...Have 4 displays -- 3 Dell, 1 AOC (Q3279VWFD8). Have learned to live with the reality that the layout and icons gets changed up every time displays resume from sleep (or is turned back on from power button), so had/have implemented xrandr script to fix this.
```
#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output DisplayPort-0 --primary --mode 2560x1440 --refresh 74.97 --pos 0x1080 --rotate normal\
--output DisplayPort-1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 640x0 --rotate normal\
--output DisplayPort-2 --mode 1920x1200 --pos 2560x1080 --rotate normal\
--output HDMI-A-0 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 2560x0 --rotate normal
```
Default and wanted layout is this:
![image](/uploads/447c3efd131510d47f0271d3bc3e982c/image.png)
However with the update to Manjaro that updated the Xfce from 4.16 directly to 4.18, it got different and slightly more painful to restore. Now the script simply fixes the layout (if it got mixed up at all, sometimes it doesn't anymore), but all the icons remain scrambled -- well, moved and piled up to display 3+4 and displays 1+2 are left with 0 icons. Also there is this new/old popup every time when the AOC display comes online (previously only saw it once and never again, now I see it after every suspend).
![image](/uploads/4f4324ac2ca972a0a9da69cd61dffcd7/image.png)
Almost like it always detects this AOC display as "new monitor" that it has never seen before???
(So for a workaround have to run 2 scripts now, one that messes layout slightly more up, and the current one, so swapping between them couple of times the icons also shake to place).
And it only happens when AOC display (sadly main) is turned back on. Changing the primary display to any of the other displays didn't change the result/behavior. Don't understand how one monitor sleep / wake-up (from display power management `xfce4-power-manager`) or power off-on (from button on display) acts so differently from other displays. And/or why xfdesktop doesn't change the display layout back, when all 4 are back "on". Is it fixable from your end or any suggestions what I could do here?
Not quite sure how linux and/or xfce detects if the display is "NEW". And why AOC display turning off or going to sleep kind of removes the display from "OLD KNOWN" displays list, so when it comes back online, it's always detected as "NEW". How does the display remembering even work for xfce? what id or number it stores and compares to when some display is (re-)connected? Only visible "ID" difference I see from xrandr --verbose is that Dell displays EDID's are 8 lines, while AOC EDID is 16 lines (unexpected size for xfce, so it doesn't bother remembering it?).
EDIT: just now found another quality-of-life workaround: in `xfce4-settings` => Advanced => When new displays are connected : Show dialog > Do nothing.
Seems to fix the new display popup from appearing AND doesn't seem to scramble the icons that much (they twitch, but then jerk back to the old position almost...? not perfectly, but at least to some rather recent "save point", couple of icons have only moved.)https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/223Desktop context menu not visible if icons set to none and "Show application i...2022-12-21T13:35:36ZTony PaulicDesktop context menu not visible if icons set to none and "Show application icons in menu" set to falseThis might be related to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/109.
If both Desktop Icons is set to None and "Show application icons in menu" is set to false, the context menu fails to appear. Setting this to true makes the me...This might be related to https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/109.
If both Desktop Icons is set to None and "Show application icons in menu" is set to false, the context menu fails to appear. Setting this to true makes the menu appear once again.
Related forum thread: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=70240https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/222xfdesktop 4.18 context menu2022-12-17T21:12:03ZMB MBxfdesktop 4.18 context menuDear Maintainer,
in the contextmenu the command xfdesktop -M is not executed. The command xfdesktop -W works without errors.
In version 4.17rc both commands had no error.
My system: debian sid, kernel 6.1.0
kind regardsDear Maintainer,
in the contextmenu the command xfdesktop -M is not executed. The command xfdesktop -W works without errors.
In version 4.17rc both commands had no error.
My system: debian sid, kernel 6.1.0
kind regardshttps://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/221Context menu option for custom actions doesn't work2023-01-24T22:24:27ZManuel GrießmayrContext menu option for custom actions doesn't workI made three UCAs to rotate images 90, -90 and 180 degrees. They are all in the same context menu called "rotate image". It's working absolutely fine in Thunar but not on desktop. If I right click on a .jpg image file the menu entry "rot...I made three UCAs to rotate images 90, -90 and 180 degrees. They are all in the same context menu called "rotate image". It's working absolutely fine in Thunar but not on desktop. If I right click on a .jpg image file the menu entry "rotate image" is visible but not the sub menu with the options to rotate the image by different degrees. Is this an issue of my system or can it be reproduced by others? I am using Thunar 4.18.0 and Xfdesktop 4.18.0.Alexander SchwinnAlexander Schwinnhttps://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfdesktop/-/issues/220Right-click desktop menu without icons doesn't appear2022-12-17T21:11:53ZPaul RohdeRight-click desktop menu without icons doesn't appearIn xfdesktop 4.18, the desktop right-click menu displays properly for me if "show application icons in menu" is selected, but if show icons is deselected, the right-click menu does not appear at all on the desktop. In version 4.16.1 the ...In xfdesktop 4.18, the desktop right-click menu displays properly for me if "show application icons in menu" is selected, but if show icons is deselected, the right-click menu does not appear at all on the desktop. In version 4.16.1 the desktop right-click menu shows as expected with the application icons deselected.