Weird desktop problem; workspaces switcher loses icons

Cyphase cyphase at cyphase.com
Tue Aug 1 20:01:07 UTC 2006


Hey Janne,

	Try increasing the height of the panel. Right-click on an empty space
on the panel, select Properties, and increase the size field until a
full screen window shows the icon. You shouldn't have to increase it
much.
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On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 22:24 +0300, Janne Jokitalo wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I noticed a weird thing just recently, cannot tell exactly when this has
> began happening since for all I know it might have been there for ages
> without me noticing the whole deal (I'm trying to say I don't know whether
> an update broke it).
> 
> The thing is, I have this regular four workspaces switcher at the bottom
> right on my desktop, right next to the trash bin icon. Well, after a boot
> the switcher shows icons of applications that are maximized. But give it a
> little while (haven't found any certain period of time for it) and the icons
> disappear, and the switcher only shows blanks, though it works in a way that
> it shows the correct miniatures when there are several windows open, or just
> one big blank when one window is maximized.
> 
> I'm attaching a picture of the aforementioned situation, which is right now
> (well a few minutes ago). :) For the record and to cool off the people who
> are on dial-up, the picture is only 1.4 kB. :)
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what's causing this situation, and does it happen
> to anyone else? I tried to google and to browse thru documentation, but I
> either might have searched with incorrect terms or else it's not documented.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any hints that could point to the right direction!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jaska
> 






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