Every time I unlock my screen all panels are gone

Desktop Environments XFCE
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Hi I’m using xfce4 on EndeavourOs Mercury and every time I unlock my screen by typing in my password all panels disapeard. I use a large panel to the top of my screen and a dock like one at the bottom.
I have two monitors attached to my pc, but this works well with that two monitors for quite some time.
By right clicking the desktop and choosing log off and log in again the panels are back again.
I did nothing fancy with my settings so I will not be able to point out what might lead to that panel problem. The only thing that might have an influence is the installation of a 3D game that via steam that installed the vulkan library. I removed this game lastly but the panel problem is still there. I don’t know weather this had an influence of the lock screen feature or the panels, but it’s the only thing I can imagine does have some kind of impact in the system.
What can I Do to investigate the root cause of my problem. The command xfce4-panel will tell me that a instance is still running.

I hope someone can give me a hint.
Thanks in advance

Resetpin

2

I can’t reproduce it.
Check
xfce4-panel -p
or run
xfce4-panel -r

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Hi eso,

thanks for the fast reply.
xfce4-panel -p
opens the preferences dialogs where all settings seems to be ok.
xfce4-panel -r
restarts the panels and they are back on my desktop after executing that command.

So this helps me a lot getting the panels back by restarting them without relogging.
Nevertheless it would be nice to find the cause of this problem, if anyone has a idea where to look after this.
Otherwise is it possible to execute xfce4-panel -r inside a script or a config file that will executed at the time I unlock my desktop.

Thanks in advance

Best regards

Resetpin

4

In terminal
journalctl -f
Ctrl+Alt+L # lock
perhaps shows some events failed.
Add a new panel. Test it if it survives the lock unlock. Ugly workaround: make a shortcut for xfce4-panel -r

5

Hi this is the message I got form journalctl -f after unluck the screen:

Mär 31 19:58:32 EOS-PC systemd[1234]: Starting Xfce configuration service...
Mär 31 19:58:32 EOS-PC systemd[1234]: Started Xfce configuration service.
Mär 31 20:06:42 EOS-PC systemd[1234]: Starting Xfce configuration service...
Mär 31 20:06:42 EOS-PC systemd[1234]: Started Xfce configuration service.
Mär 31 20:06:49 EOS-PC xfce4-screensaver-dialog[10921]: pam_warn(xfce4-screensaver:account): function=[pam_sm_acct_mgmt] flags=0 service=[xfce4-screensaver] terminal=[:0.0] user=[frank] ruser=[<unknown>] rhost=[<unknown>]

Hope this can clarify the issue

Best regards

Resetpin

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It’s the same here but panels are present as expected.
If you want to test whether
xscreensaver
and unlock behaves similarly then set in
xscreensaver-settings
lock
and start in Application autostart xscreensaver instead of
the_defaault_one
but it’s only a test you will not like it. Reinstalling is still an option. My bad.