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After upgrading to 18.1 - Panel or Desktop don't react

Bug #1650996 reported by MoritzS
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Bug Description

I upgradet to 18.1 (Cinnamon) and now I'm faced with the following bugs:
- after boot-up (both with Kernel 4.4.0-47 and 4.8.0-30) desktop-icons are all on the right and its not possible to re-group them via the context-menu.
- it's not possible to move the main-panel (the panel just turns red and nothing happens till you press esc). Windows are not moveable so i pressed Alt+D to access a Menu in the Window. Suddenly the Windows are moveable again, the Desktop-Icons are back where they were but now the panel-menu (via right-click) is no longer accessable and the launc-icons at the panel are no longer working.

i rebooted a few times, tested different kernels but nothing helped. this bugs directly appeared after the reboot after the upgrade to 18.1.

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Tags: 18.1 panel
MoritzS (moritz-w)
description: updated
summary: - After upgrading to 18.1 either Panel or Desktop won't react
+ After upgrading to 18.1 - Panel or Desktop don't react
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Luis Vega (lrvz) wrote :

I am seeing the same exact thing. I cannot add a new panel. My old panel is there but not responsive. Right click provides me the context menu you get when you right click the desktop. It feels like the UI is drawn but nothing is hooked up to it).

If I press the super button (windows button usually) the menu does pop up and I can type and launch what I want, but it's barely usable.

I am using the Window List with App Grouping applet (https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/16). I don't know if having that on the panel makes it happen, but I cannot remove it as panel edit mode does nothing.

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Luis Vega (lrvz) wrote :

So it seems to be tied to the "Window List with App Grouping applet (https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/16)" applet. If I remove the applet from the settings->applet widget, and then restart cinnamon (alt+f2, r) the panel reacts (both left and right click do what you would expect) except that of course I no longer have an applet. @bug reporter, do you have any applets installed?

Are there any logs that I can provide to help get this bug moving along? The repro steps are easy. Install the above mentioned applet, and the panel no longer works.

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MoritzS (moritz-w) wrote :

it realy seems to be the "Window List with App Grouping"-applet. thanks for the info!

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Luis Vega (lrvz) wrote :

Anyone seeing this problem due to the "Window List with App Grouping" applet, please see https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/269 and install that instead. From my point of view, I think this not a Linux Mint 18.1/Cinnamon bug.

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