• New status bar on top

    From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to All on Sat Dec 25 14:13:18 2021
    Hello All!

    Over the last two days after some mag updates I now have a status bar at
    the top of the screen as well as the normal one on the bottom.

    How do I remove the blasted thing?

    Mageia devs - Stop changing layouts, formats, functionality from previous without request from the user !!!


    Vincent


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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Sat Dec 25 16:05:40 2021
    On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 14:13:18 +0000, Vincent Coen wrote:
    Hello All!

    Over the last two days after some mag updates I now have a status bar at
    the top of the screen as well as the normal one on the bottom.

    How do I remove the blasted thing?

    Helps if you provide some basic information pertaining to your problem.

    Seems you have a DE (Desktop Environment) problem so it would help if
    you provided which one being used. afterstep, awesome, Blackbox, cinnamon, dwm, Enlightenment, fluxbox,
    Fvwm, fvwm2, fvwm-crystal, Gnome, i3, icewm, jwm, KDE, lightdm, lxde
    matchbox, mate, openbox, pekwm, pewwm, plasma, razorqt, spectrwm,
    sugar, swm, Unity, windowmaker, xbmc, Xfce,

    I can recommend creating a signature file with basic system information.
    Better would be a script which creates the signature which keeps the
    sig file up to date. For example:

    ----8<----8<----8<<----8< cut below this line ----8<----8<<----8<----8<----8<< #!/bin/bash #***********************************************************************
    #* gen_sig_file.sh - generate $HOME/.signature file Version 2.3
    #*
    #* Automatically overwrites $HOME/.signature on each login
    #* with basic information about your setup.
    #*
    #* When you post to Usenet your Usenet client can append it to your
    #* post which helps respondents to provide more detailed replies.
    #*
    #* You need to place the script somewhere in your $PATH environment.
    #* echo $PATH to see possible locations.
    #*
    #* Save as gen_sig_file.sh
    #* chmod +x gen_sig_file.sh
    #*
    #* Script Test Procedure:
    #* gen_sig_file.sh
    #* cat $HOME/.signature
    #*
    #* Install:
    #* For all users:
    #* cp gen_sig_file.sh /usr/local/bin/gen_sig_file.sh
    #* chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gen_sig_file.sh
    #*
    #* For a single user:
    #* echo $PATH to see possible locations.
    #*
    #* Users should use the autostart feature to run gen_sig_file.sh
    #* to set the ST and DE values.
    #*
    #* Login test:
    #* click up a terminal
    #* su - $USER
    #* cat $HOME/.signature
    #*
    #* There should be no =Unknown values. If so script should be
    #* modified to generate a value, or just hard code a value.
    #*
    #* Modify your Usenet client to add/append $HOME/.signature
    #* to your posts and post a message in one of the Usenet test groups
    #* to verify it works as desired.
    #*
    #***********************************************************************

    Sig_fn=$HOME/.signature
    # Sig_fn=$PWD/.signature

    DE="Unknown" # Display Environment gnome, plasma, xfce....
    DM="Unknown" # Display Manager lightdm, sddm, gdm, ...
    DISTRO="Unknown"
    KERNEL="Kernel=$(uname -r) on $(uname -m)"
    Service="display-manager.service"
    ST="Unknown" # Session Type tty, x11, wayland or mir.


    type -p lsb_release > /dev/null 2>&1
    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
    set $(lsb_release -d | grep Description)
    if [ $# -gt 1 ] ; then
    shift
    DISTRO="$@"
    fi
    fi

    if [ -e /etc/os-release ] ; then
    . /etc/os-release
    DISTRO="$NAME $VERSION"
    fi # if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]

    if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/desktop ] ; then
    . /etc/sysconfig/desktop

    if [ -n ${DISPLAYMANAGER:-"$DM"} ] ; then
    DM="$DISPLAYMANAGER"
    fi

    if [ -n ${DESKTOP:-"$DE"} ] ; then
    DE=$DESKTOP
    fi
    fi

    if [ -e $HOME/.dmrc ] ; then
    set -- $(IFS='=' ; echo $(grep ion= $HOME/.dmrc))
    DE=$2
    fi

    if [ -n ${XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP:-"$DE"} ] ; then
    DE=$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
    fi

    if [ -n ${XDG_SESSION_TYPE:-"$ST"} ] ; then
    ST=$XDG_SESSION_TYPE
    fi

    if [ -e /etc/release ] ; then
    DISTRO=$(cat /etc/release)
    fi

    if [ $(uname -s) = "Darwin" ] ; then
    DISTRO=$(sw_vers | sed -ne $'s/ProductVersion://p')
    fi

    systemctl --quiet is-active $Service 2> /dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
    set -- $( systemctl status $Service | grep PID: )
    DM=$(echo $4 | tr -d '() ')
    fi

    echo -en "-- \nRunning " > $Sig_fn
    echo "$DISTRO using" >> $Sig_fn
    echo "$KERNEL DM=$DM DE=$DE ST=$ST" >> $Sig_fn
    echo "grub2 GPT legacy OS boot" >> $Sig_fn

    if [ -x /usr/bin/lspcidrake ] ; then
    lspcidrake | grep Card >> $Sig_fn
    fi

    #***********end gen_sig_file.sh ***************************

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Sat Dec 25 15:59:19 2021
    On Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:13:18 -0500, Vincent Coen <VBCoen@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hello All!

    Over the last two days after some mag updates I now have a status bar at
    the top of the screen as well as the normal one on the bottom.

    The number of panels and location are controlled by configuration settings stored
    in /home/$USER

    Mageia updates do not alter files in /home

    How do I remove the blasted thing?

    Which desktop environment (kde plasma, gnome, xfce, mate, etc.)

    Mageia devs - Stop changing layouts, formats, functionality from previous without request from the user !!!

    Package updates in the stable releases rarely introduce such changes, and such updates are only allowed if they are required for security or important bug fixes,
    and those fixes can not be applied to the current version.

    Now, if you are running cauldron, ignore all of the above. Cauldron is the developers
    playground. They are free to alter anything, including breaking things.

    Cauldron is not intended to be suitable for users until it gets close to version
    freeze.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Dec 25 20:57:26 2021
    On 26/12/21 03:05, Bit Twister wrote:


    if [ -x /usr/bin/lspcidrake ] ; then
    lspcidrake | grep Card >> $Sig_fn
    fi

    #***********end gen_sig_file.sh ***************************



    That has expanded a bit, Bits
    I still use the almost original "short version"

    I'm tempted to see what it outputs!

    regards
    --
    faeychild
    Running plasmashell 5.20.4 on 5.15.10-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-8-x86_64-DVD.iso


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Sat Dec 25 21:02:33 2021
    On 26/12/21 01:13, Vincent Coen wrote:
    Hello All!

    Over the last two days after some mag updates I now have a status bar at
    the top of the screen as well as the normal one on the bottom.

    How do I remove the blasted thing?

    Mageia devs - Stop changing layouts, formats, functionality from previous without request from the user !!!


    Vincent


    If it is KDE

    the right click on the bar

    select "Edit Panel"
    select "More Options"
    click Remove Panel

    I have NOT tested this!!!

    --
    faeychild
    Running plasmashell 5.20.4 on 5.15.10-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
    Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64 installed via Mageia-8-x86_64-DVD.iso


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