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Bug 810850

Summary: xfce-base/xfce4-panel shows a pile of pop-ups "unexpectedly left the panel" every other time I log in to X
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Sebastian Pipping <sping>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: XFCE Team <xfce>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: mgorny
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/-/issues/735
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Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Screenshot dialog "unexpectedly left the panel"
xfce4-panel output

Description Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev 2021-08-28 23:47:23 UTC
Created attachment 736558 [details]
Screenshot dialog "unexpectedly left the panel"

Hi!

When I log into X, xfce4-panel shows a pile of overlapping pop-ups saying "Plugin [..] unexpectedly left the panel" — screenshot attached — that force me to either

 a) click "Execute" multiple times

 b) do "pkill -9 xfce4-panel && xfce4-panel &" on a terminal

If that could be solved, that would be fantastic.

Thanks and best


Sebastian
Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2021-08-29 06:49:11 UTC
Well, you could try removing your configs (~/.config/xfce4) for a start.  I know that historically there were cases when some setups were broken by upgrade and required hard reset.
Comment 2 Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev 2021-08-30 12:27:35 UTC
I renamed ~/.config/xfce4 now, remade the config using GUI tools and logged in and out multiple times.  The "Plugin [..] unexpectedly left the panel" pop-ups still show, once I add items from plugins to the panel, e.g. Battery Monitor from xfce-extra/xfce4-battery-plugin.
Comment 3 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2021-08-30 12:29:34 UTC
Check your session logs (~/.xfce4-session.verbose-log) for any crashes.  If you're using systemd, check coredumpctl.
Comment 4 Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev 2021-08-30 12:58:19 UTC
Created attachment 736777 [details]
xfce4-panel output

(In reply to Michał Górny from comment #3)
> Check your session logs (~/.xfce4-session.verbose-log) for any crashes.  If
> you're using systemd, check coredumpctl.

No systemd, file ~/.xfce4-session.verbose-log seemed old and after deletion is not being re-created.  The pre-deletion version said something about the child process restarts ("disconnected") as expected. I have attached xfce4-panel output, if that helps.
Comment 5 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2021-08-30 15:47:24 UTC
I'm afraid I have no clue what else could be wrong.  Possibly look into your homedir for other session logs.
Comment 6 Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev 2023-04-18 16:04:26 UTC
Reported upstream now