[Solved] Taskbar is missing / disappeared

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[Solved] Taskbar is missing / disappeared

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I've a Sony Vaio laptop in dual boot mode i.e. Linux Mint and Windows 10.
Being a newbie & despite various issues faced, have been regular upgrading Linux Mint versions from 18.3 to 19.1 now.
Across all these releases, a persistent nagging issue has been this missing task bar (which you generally see in Windows).
Have tried various resolution methods but failed so far.
Please Help!
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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Please help us help you, by listing the methods that you tried, so no one wastes their time in describing them again. Thanks!
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If your issue is solved, kindly indicate that by editing the first post in the topic, and adding [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks!
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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What's called the taskbar in Windows is called panel in Mint. All three desktops have one. Which desktop are you using?
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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Moem wrote:
Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:15 pm
Please help us help you, by listing the methods that you tried, so no one wastes their time in describing them again. Thanks!
Thanks Moem, being a newbie, I shall try answering it.
I tried adding "bottom panel" yet while minimizing applications it zoomed out to the right bottom of the screen ... and remains invisible.
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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pbear wrote:
Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:18 pm
What's called the taskbar in Windows is called panel in Mint. All three desktops have one. Which desktop are you using?
Sorry, unable to understand this sentence -
Which desktop are you using?
If you mean release of Linux Mint then, it's 19.1

Regarding
What's called the taskbar in Windows is called panel in Mint.
My Panel 1 is visible on the topmost horizontal position but it doesn't act like a taskbar!
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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The current desktop screen
The current desktop screen
As you can see, my current desktop screen is as above.
Hope, it helps!
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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mihi_dase wrote:If you mean release of Linux Mint then, it's 19.1
And for your Linux Mint 19.1 installation, would you know if you're using the Cinnamon, MATE, or Xfce desktop?

EDIT: Seeing your recent post, you're using the Xfce desktop. :)

Posting the output of inxi -Fxz here could be helpful for sharing your system information. If you do so, post it between code tags (see the </> button) for best readability.

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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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Thanks Joe, here's the output!

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[b]inxi -Fxz[/b]
System:
  Host: nitten-SVF15413SNB Kernel: 4.15.0-46-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa 
  base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Sony product: SVF15413SNB v: C10K7YBF 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Sony model: VAIO serial: N/A UEFI: Insyde v: R1050DC 
  date: 06/16/2016 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.6 Wh condition: 37.2/42.3 Wh (88%) 
  model: SONY Corp. VGP-BPS35A status: Charging 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: AMD A8-5545M APU with Radeon HD Graphics 
  bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Piledriver rev: 1 L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 13574 
  Speed: 1087 MHz min/max: 1100/1700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1055 2: 1078 
  3: 1095 4: 1089 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Richland [Radeon HD 8510G] vendor: Sony driver: radeon 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.0 
  Display: server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: ati,radeon 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD ARUBA (DRM 2.50.0 / 4.15.0-46-generic LLVM 7.0.0) 
  v: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.8 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Trinity HDMI Audio vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:01.1 
  Device-2: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Sony driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:14.2 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-46-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Foxconn 
  driver: wl v: kernel port: 3100 bus ID: 02:00.0 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Sony driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 11.30 GiB (2.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST500LM030-2E717D size: 465.76 GiB 
  temp: 40 C 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 60.15 GiB used: 11.26 GiB (18.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 45.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 43 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 189 Uptime: 26m Memory: 5.04 GiB used: 786.7 MiB (15.2%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 
  inxi: 3.0.27 
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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mihi_dase wrote:
Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:19 am
My Panel 1 is visible on the topmost horizontal position but it doesn't act like a taskbar!
They're not identical, but panel performs the main function of taskbar, which is to have ready access to your most commonly used app launchers. If yours isn't doing that, that's a problem. Now you know what the thing you're trying to troubleshoot is called. By the way, the default location for panel in XFCE is not the top of the screen, so you've changed something. In any event, what is your panel not doing that you think it should?
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Re: Taskbar is missing / disappeared since Linux Mint 18.3

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With Taskbar
With Taskbar
Just to be more clear, I would like the 'Taskbar' visible, just like the above image.
This is currently missing on my LM Desktop as you could see in my earlier post!
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For comparison, here's what the default looks like. This is XFCE 19.1 in a test box. As you can see, panel is on the bottom. By the way, there's no wallpaper because I use a custom one which I had to delete it for the screenshot to be small enough to upload to the forum.
XFCE-Panel.png
Anyhoo, I can't figure out how yours could have gotten to the top. Nothing in Panel Settings does that, as far as I can tell.
Sorry can't be more help. Good luck.
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You can reset your Xfce installation by running 'rm -r ~/.config/xfce4' in a Terminal
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To modify panel position, add extra panels etc in XFCE,

Right click on panel > Panel > Panel preferences.

To move a panel - uncheck lock panel. Grab the panel by the move bars at the end - move to desired location.Once happy with location reclick lock panel.

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To add an extra panel.

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Assuming OP is referring to window-list functionality when talking about a taskbar, adding a window list

Right click on panel > Add new items > Window Buttons > Add

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jchelpau wrote:
Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:44 am
You can reset your Xfce installation by running 'rm -r ~/.config/xfce4' in a Terminal
JChelpau, I did that and nothing really happened!
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Thanks Smurphos, finally I could get what I wanted!
smurphos wrote:
Wed Mar 27, 2019 1:37 am
To modify panel position, add extra panels etc in XFCE,

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Right click on panel > Panel > Panel preferences.
To move a panel - uncheck lock panel. Grab the panel by the move bars at the end - move to desired location.Once happy with location reclick lock panel.
This was the first step, I did!

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Assuming OP is referring to window-list functionality when talking about a taskbar, adding a window list
Right click on panel > Add new items > Window Buttons > Add
In the same panel, I then added the Windows Buttons and hence all the active programs were now visible in the panel

Finally the revised desktop (that I wanted)
Revised Desktop
Revised Desktop
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I had to come up with my own solution to this problem because noone had found the solution in my searches online. My mate-panel had been disabled in the list of autostart applications that normally load when you log on. Here is what I came up with:

https://superuser.com/a/1586142/1219980
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