Cpu Frequency Scaling Monitor applet instances not always showing up at login

[Bill_MI]

Hi @korw,

Yes, I have run into this over the years. Not the CPU cores applet in particular but various ones. It's like a time race where the applet that fails starts before the panel is fully ready. I always figured the second login is successful because things are cached and the timing changes.

Here's a technique that has worked for me but I rely on my personal startup file:

Better Control for Startup Applications

The Startup Applications function can be a challenge. The environment doesn't allow simple multiple commands like a delay and there's no way to order things if need be. The same exact commands that run fine in a terminal may fail to run in Startup Applications for many reasons. My solution is simple. Make a customized bash script and add it to Startup Applications then simply edit that bash script as needed. Here's how... Create ~/bin/startup.sh, make it executable and open it for editing …

When those applets fail, open a terminal and test this:

mate-panel --replace &

This should verify the panel starts up ok.

Then, the permanent solution is place this exact command in the startup file after some delay like 2 or 5 seconds, whatever works. You will likely see a bad panel replaced during boot with this in place.

There are ways to make a single startup entry with a delay but I've used this personal startup method for so long I'd have to research and test the sh commands.