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Re: [trinity-users] Missing task bar on a laptop with a "part time" external monitor

From: "E. Liddell" <ejlddll@...>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:35:57 -0400
On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:14:35 +0100
Tim WIlliams <tmw@...> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I've got another problem after upgrading to Mageia 5/Trinity r14.
> 
> When working for clients on-site, I will usually take my own laptop with 
> me and plugin into an external monitor + keyboard while there. I have a 
> script which automatically detects and extends the desktop to the 
> external monitor when I log in. My task bar defaults to the external 
> monitor when present and is shown on the laptop screen when there is no 
> external monitor. This has been working perfectly for years.
> 
> However, after my latest upgrade, the taskbar no longer displays on the 
> laptop screen if I boot up after having previously used the external 
> monitor, making my desktop unusable.

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What happens if you kill and restart kicker when it's in this state?
Anything?

E. Liddell