If not please move.
After my recent Sid
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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
I had done nothing to change the panel and tint2 did not Upgrade in version either.
Symptoms
1. tint2 & very...v-e-r-y slow to appear on desktop
2. Once I switched to Desktop 2 or 3 or 4 then tint2 crashed
3. tint2 ..Even reloaded manually the issues persisted
I slowly began eliminating extra tray processes ..parcellite....voliti (VOLUME) ..battery (xfce4 PowerManager)
Nothing seemed to help
I then added tint2 to my Fluxbox DE on the same Sid install on which it ran perfectly.
This pointed away from tint2 and directly at OpenBox..
Solution: Although tint2 had been loaded at the same point by ~/.config/openbox/autostart for many months something had changed after the Update/Upgrade. The Solution was when loading an OpenBox DE to load tint2 high up in the autostart process.
Below are the top half (that is pertinent ) of the OpenBox autostart scripts Before and After.. After being the operative Solution..
Strange Days are These.. .The Doors
As you can see from the BEFORE shell that tint2 was experimented with by loading at the End, Middle and Beginning of the shell. The load at the very beginning in AFTER proved to work Best.
BEFORE
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## Openbox autostart.sh
## ====================
## ====================
## Start session manager
lxsession &
## Enable power management
xfce4-power-manager &
## Start Thunar Daemon
thunar --daemon &
## Set desktop wallpaper
nitrogen --restore &
## Start idesk
#idesk &
## Launch panel
##fbpanel &
tint2 &
##xfce4-panel &
## Enable Eyecandy - off by default, uncomment one of the commands below.
## Note: cairo-compmgr prefers a sleep delay, else it tends to produce
## odd shadows/quirks around tint2 & Conky.
##(sleep 10s && cb-compmgr --cairo-compmgr) &
##cb-compmgr --xcompmgr -c &
xcompmgr -CcfF &
## Launch network manager applet
##(sleep 4s && wicd-gtk -t) &
(sleep 3s && nm-applet) &
## Launch panel
##tint2 &
##fbpanel &
## Detect and configure touchpad. See 'man synclient' for more info.
if egrep -iq 'touchpad' /proc/bus/input/devices; then
synclient VertEdgeScroll=1 &
synclient TapButton1=1 &
fi
## Start xscreensaver
xscreensaver -no-splash &
## Start Conky after a slight delay
#(sleep 3s && conky -q) &
## Start volumeicon after a slight delay
(sleep 2s && volti) &
## Start Clipboard manager
(sleep 3s && parcellite) &
AFTER
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## Openbox autostart.sh
## ====================
## ====================
## Start session manager
lxsession &
## Start Panel Taskbar Tray
(sleep && tint2) &
## Enable power management
xfce4-power-manager &
## Start Thunar Daemon
thunar --daemon &
## Set desktop wallpaper
nitrogen --restore &
## Start idesk
#idesk &
## Launch panel
##fbpanel &
##tint2 &
##xfce4-panel &
## Enable Eyecandy - off by default, uncomment one of the commands below.
## Note: cairo-compmgr prefers a sleep delay, else it tends to produce
## odd shadows/quirks around tint2 & Conky.
##(sleep 10s && cb-compmgr --cairo-compmgr) &
##cb-compmgr --xcompmgr -c &
xcompmgr -CcfF &
## Launch network manager applet
##(sleep 4s && wicd-gtk -t) &
(sleep 3s && nm-applet) &
## Launch panel
##tint2 &
##fbpanel &
## Detect and configure touchpad. See 'man synclient' for more info.
if egrep -iq 'touchpad' /proc/bus/input/devices; then
synclient VertEdgeScroll=1 &
synclient TapButton1=1 &
fi
## Start xscreensaver
xscreensaver -no-splash &
## Start Conky after a slight delay
#(sleep 3s && conky -q) &
## Start volumeicon after a slight delay
(sleep 2s && volti) &
## Start Clipboard manager
(sleep 3s && parcellite) &