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07-12-2011, 01:55 AM
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LQ Newbie
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Linux Mint 11 Desktop doesn't display icons of running programs on toolbar anymore
I recently installed Linux Mint 11 on a 9-year-old IBM-T40 laptop. After I got everything installed and configured to my liking, BAM! The desktop stopped showing me a little icon in the menu bar that indicated that a program was running. I can still cycle through my programs using ALT-TAB. But I miss those little icons.
I'm not talking about the icons that one can place on the desktop or the menu bar by left-clicking on the Menu icon, then right-clicking on a program name and selecting whether to place an icon in the panel. I'm talking about the sub bar that appears in the menu bar when a program runs.
I'm sure the fix is in the Gnome conf file, but I haven't a clue how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.
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07-12-2011, 03:15 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2011
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Right click on the menu bar > add to panel > window manager
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07-23-2011, 04:30 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2011
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right click on panel
add to panel
select window selector
click add to add to panel
click on window selector (on current open application icon on then panel) will show a list of apps that are currently opened
linux mint 11 newbie also 2 days
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04-28-2015, 11:58 AM
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Linux Mint Rebecca Mate
Name of panel is Windows List
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04-28-2015, 02:58 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Abingdon, VA
Distribution: Catalina
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Quote:
Originally Posted by M_F_H
I'm sure the fix is in the Gnome conf file, but I haven't a clue how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.
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Reset 'em, by:
Ctrl+Alt+F1 and login as yourself.
Code:
mv ~/.config ~/.config.bak
mv ~/.gconf ~/.gconf.bak
exit
Ctrl+Alt+F7 should return you to a GUI login.
Your gnome environment is now 'reset'.
You know Mint 11 is dead as dog poop, right? No updates, nothing.
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04-28-2015, 03:57 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
Posts: 17,148
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Habitual
You know Mint 11 is dead as dog poop, right? No updates, nothing.
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When this thread was started it was still alive.
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04-28-2015, 06:19 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Jan 2011
Location: Abingdon, VA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TobiSGD
When this thread was started it was still alive.
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I have been not paying attention for necro posts. I am a bad boy.
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04-29-2015, 05:17 AM
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Moderator
Registered: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Distribution: Whatever fits the task best
Posts: 17,148
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Habitual
I have been not paying attention for necro posts. I am a bad boy.
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No worries, stuff like that happens sometimes. 
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