UbuntuMATE 14.04
Anyone else have issues with applets moving around between logins even when locked to panel? I would have thought this topic had been discussed but I saw no references on search. This is why I’ve installed and removed MATE a few times in the last couple of years.
My perfect DE was Gnome 2.0 (per Ubuntu 10.04), it was perfect in every way, however with every new LTS version I lose something from it. Thought I’d try out UbuntuMATE.
If there’s already a discussion on this subject that I missed when I searched please point me to it, otherwise, any thoughts?
I think it is has something to do with the resolution being native-low at initial logging, following in quick succession by your preferred resolution then being kicked in by the system. It is in this changeover that the jumping about of system tray applets occurs. I have also experienced this problem. I have found that two things will pretty much fix it.
- Implement a start-up script to reset your resolution about 20 seconds after logging in. However, simply having a script command to set the resolution you already have set by your system does not work. What you have to do is have the script set a different resolution and them immediately afterwards, have it set it to your preferred one. See below:
sleep 20
xrandr -s 1152x864
xrandr -s 1280x768
The second of these (1280x768) is, obviously, the resolution I wish to have and which I already have set in my monitor settings.
- Unlock your various system tray icon sets on the right of your top panel and space them apart ever so slightly. thus not having them butted right up to each other. then relock their positions. This also minimizes the occurrence of them jumping about during login.
Having implemented both of the above 2 fixes, I now find my system tray icons behave themselves.
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Ok, thanks steve. I spaced them and rebooted a couple of times without them moving. Time will tell if that’s done it. I don’t know how to write a script
open pluma
Copy and paste the following into it
sleep 20
xrandr -s 1152x864
xrandr -s 1280x768
Obviously, change the second set of numbers to your actual preferred resolution if you want yours to be different. The way to find out your preferred resolution is to go to your monitor settings and see what you set it at. Just change the numbers, Do not delete the "x" or the "xrandr" or the "-s".
Save the file as reset-res.sh in your home folder
open caja and locate the reset-res,sh file. Right click it and select properties.
Go to the "permissions" tab and make sure to check box "allow executing file as program"
Then close the properties dialog box.
Go to your system/preferences/personal menu and choose "startup applications
Click on the "add" button
Click on the "browse" button and navigate to your reset-res.sh script and select it
Give it a name
Click add to complete.
You should now see the script in the list in the start-up applications dialog box list.
Close the start-up applications dialog box
That's it. If you log out and back in, the script will now activate every time you log in.
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You could also, as a final belt and braces trick, reset the panels at login
You do this with the following script:
mate-panel --replace
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This is fixed in MATE 1.12.
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How well does this work when running an external display on a laptop for extended desktop? And is it something that must be done individually for each account on the machine? All my laptops have an external display connected for extended desktop.
I’m using this laptop for UbuntuMATE 14.04 testing purposes, my main machine is running Ubuntu 14.04 with a Gnome Classic DE conversion in which the weather applets are no longer available, I have a system monitor displaying five items, and two CPU frequency scaling monitors. I love and miss my weather applets though, hence the reason I’m trying out MATE again.
Presumably 1.12. is the version that will be in UbuntuMATE 16.04? I only go LTS to LTS version
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Thanks everyone. Steve, evidently merely spacing the applets apart fixed my issue, it hasn’t happened since I did that. No need for me to write a script at this point “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” being my philosophy.
Wimpy, thanks for the heads up on 1.12, I look forward to trying it in April
Looking around for a place to mark this “solved” but not finding it
Gnome 2 also had the jumping panel-applet issue. That was one of the few improvements of Gnome 3 classic/fallback/flashback.
If this is indeed fixed in Mate 1.12 then I think we can say that Mate is now truly & clearly better than Gnome 2!
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