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Re: Network connection and software update icons disappear
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2022, 09:17:06 AM »
 

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[...] the network connection and software update icons disappear from the lower right part of the panel.[...]

I'm back, with the video:


Good luck! :)
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Re: Network connection and software update icons disappear
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2022, 10:19:19 AM »
 

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Hiya.

[...] the network connection and software update icons disappear from the lower right part of the panel.

Hi! :)
It is a known issue, related to the "Panel" class of the XFCE DE.
There are a few workarounds, though.
I made a video sometime ago, for my personal use. Unfortunately, my primary language is Romanian so, what I say there, requires subtitling which takes too much effort to do.
Maybe posting it anyway, would be helpful. I'll watch it again, to figure out if the video without sound is usable in a way.
...It seems that with a few text captions, I can make it useful.
Since the problem occures often, I'll do my best to make the video tutorial. If I succeed, I'll post it in the "Tutorials" section.

On the other hand... When making the tests and videos with Linux Lite 6.2 RC 1, I noticed that the Status Tray plugin worked all the way. This means that for some reason, if you have a /home partition, the inherited settings from the previous installations, prevent a normal bahaviour of the "Status Tray" plugin. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's the only reasonable explanation.
As you see, getting back the expected functionality, largely depends on the particular setup of the machine.
If you use a /home partition it is likely that some old settings somehow interfere with the Panel and lead to this crush.
If you perform a "clean" install, which assumes that you format the /home partition, thus loose everything on that partition, it is possible to solve the problem.
Still... There are many factors that can influence the behaviour of the XFCE Desktop Environnement. I surely am far from knowing even half of them. So it's difficult to say if that solves the problem. It did for me, but this is just a specific case. Generalising it, is wrong.
I guess, it is up to everyone how they handle this issue.
I suggest the following approach:
Run the Live Linux Lite 6.2 RC 1. If in the Live mode you get the icons on your machine, it is a good start.

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Network connection and software update icons disappear
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2022, 08:41:26 AM »
 

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Hiya.

It's happened to me a few times: the network connection and software update icons disappear from the lower right part of the panel.

I haven't figured out why, and how to get them back. Probably not very complicated, any pointers would be might appreciated!

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