GraeW
January 9th, 2012, 09:45 PM
I just reinstalled Ubuntu on my laptop, and went through the usual tweaks to make everything look "just right" as I like it. Although I used to use WindowMaker a lot in the past, I have also used XFCE and usually bounce between the two.
My problem is with the windowmaker dock "applet" for the XFCE panel - I had it working at first, and then my computer locked up on me (it is an older laptop which tends to get hot, and rarely this locks the screen up). When I rebooted, I saw all of my WM dock apps on top of each other in the upper left corner, and the panel app showing the "dead mouse" X and none of the apps loaded there as they should. Closing the apps and trying to restart them only brings them back to the desktop, not the XFCE panel. Likewise, killing the panel app and restarting "from scratch" still won't get the dock apps to be swallowed as they should be.
I'm no great guru with linux but I'm not afraid of CLI or manipulating a config file. Just need to know where to look and what to fix or delete.
Thanks!
p.s. - I did look through the XFCE forums on the related website/wiki, but it was rather vague on files and editing, and there was no supporting information on the WM Dock other than "plug it in and it works"..
My problem is with the windowmaker dock "applet" for the XFCE panel - I had it working at first, and then my computer locked up on me (it is an older laptop which tends to get hot, and rarely this locks the screen up). When I rebooted, I saw all of my WM dock apps on top of each other in the upper left corner, and the panel app showing the "dead mouse" X and none of the apps loaded there as they should. Closing the apps and trying to restart them only brings them back to the desktop, not the XFCE panel. Likewise, killing the panel app and restarting "from scratch" still won't get the dock apps to be swallowed as they should be.
I'm no great guru with linux but I'm not afraid of CLI or manipulating a config file. Just need to know where to look and what to fix or delete.
Thanks!
p.s. - I did look through the XFCE forums on the related website/wiki, but it was rather vague on files and editing, and there was no supporting information on the WM Dock other than "plug it in and it works"..