Unless I work as "root", I cannot edit the xfce4-panel, neither can I change the wallpaper or the desktop menu. This has occurred regardless of whether I use the ebuild or the *.bin files from the project. Since this has happened to me on three different builds but no-one else reports the same problem, it is possible that the bug may be a Gentoo problem. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Run xfce4-panel either in KDE or as part of starting up XFCE4 2.Right-click on one of its icons 3. Actual Results: NOTHING. Expected Results: What should happen is that a menu allowing me to amend items, or start new items, should appear. No. It makes no difference the environment it is run in.
I have made a "clean" Gentoo build in a partition I normally use to test a second Linux system. This time Xfce 4.1.91 works just fine. I am wondering whether the e-build, in removing elements of 4.0.6, did not remove them fully, leaving behind a file which was influencing the operation of the current version?
Above comment cancelled again! The first time I rebooted, the same old problem returned with a vengeance! What's going on?
With help from xfce forum, I have discovered that the bug involves the type or number of "group" memberships the owner has. My theory is that if the user has more than 32 group memberships, the "kiosk" checker cannot handle the check, and assumes that kiosk mode is appropriate. I could not find which groups made a difference only that there was a numerical limit. Others seemed to believe it depended which groups. Either way, if there is no "kioskrc" file, why is the code even going there?
they are/did/were working on a fix upstream afaik.
