I'm certain this question/topic has been raised before. So if it needs to be redirected, that's ok. I just couldn't find results for "my panel disappears" from the search. I've posted in this channel because I thought it would be the most relevant.

So here's the situation. I'm running KDE-4.2.2 on Slackware. Intermittently "my panel disappears". And the frequency of this event is increasing. The icons disappear, leaving no tooltips on mouseover. I can still navigate from one desktop to another, simply because I'm so familiar with the layout of my system.

What I've been doing is killing plasma and restarting it. However, that doesn't bring back all of the icons that should be present. Many icons which were present when KDE started (@17), never reappear. SuperKaramba applets must be killed and restarted also.

Please forgive me for likely reposting an earlier topic.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

I just found out that clicking on the plasmoids on the desktop doesn't bring up their configuration options either. In fact, all interaction with the desktop controls is disconnected.

So one of the things I would like to know, is which command initiates the loading of icons in the panel when KDE first starts? That may be a better solution for this than just restarting plasma (which happens to be still running). I tried running kdeinit4, but that doesn't do anything.

And I don't know if this is related or not. But I no longer have an icon in systemsettings for Autostart-Applications. And when I try to launch it with Alt-F2, this is the output I get:
KDEInit could not launch 'kcmshell'.:
Could not find 'kcmshell' executable.

I have many KDE3 applications on my system, since Slackware has not yet formally switched to KDE4. There are compatibility tools to allow me to use those applications. I don't know if there is a conflict happening here or not. But I think the system should be looking for kdeinit4 and kcmshell4.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

Could you post a screenshot?
Can you reproduce this with a new user?

Hans wrote:Could you post a screenshot?
Can you reproduce this with a new user?

Here's what I have:


I hope this explains what's happening.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

Shingoshi wrote:

Hans wrote:Could you post a screenshot?
Can you reproduce this with a new user?

Hi Hans,
Here's what I have:


I hope this explains what's happening.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

It appears that you have locked the Plasma desktop. This can be rectified by right clicking the desktop and selecting "Unlock Widgets". Then use the Add Widget dialog to add "System Tray" and "Task Manager" to your panel.

If this problem persists after logging out and in after using the above to fix the problem, you have a damaged Plasma configuration. Use the following to reset it to default:

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rm -f $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/config/plasm*

bcooksley wrote:It appears that you have locked the Plasma desktop. This can be rectified by right clicking the desktop and selecting "Unlock Widgets". Then use the Add Widget dialog to add "System Tray" and "Task Manager" to your panel.

If this problem persists after logging out and in after using the above to fix the problem, you have a damaged Plasma configuration. Use the following to reset it to default:

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rm -f $(kde4-config --localprefix)/share/config/plasm*

The advice to right-click on the desktop is invalid. There is no response from right-clicking on the desktop (or the panel). There is no Almond in the upper right corner of the screen from which to make changes either. And this has been going on for a very long time. And I have read from other posts elsewhere, that removing the current profile, resetting it to the default doesn't work either. In every case that that has been done, the problem reoccurs. As a result, I need a command which will reload the icons on the panel to their original condition when KDE starts. What command does KDE run when the desktop is first being loaded? Whatever KDE program draws the icons and prints the text on the desktop, ceases to work.

Is there an "Error Console" for KDE? All of this is rather futile. There needs to be a way to see precisely what events are likely triggering this.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

KDE Outputs all error messages to ~/.xsession-errors.

There is no way to force Plasma to redraw / reposition widgets as far as I am aware.
kcmshell was renamed kcmshell4 in order to avoid conflict with KDE 3 applications.

It might help to completely remove the cache's and temporary directories:
Please do this outside a KDE session.

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rm -rf /var/tmp/kdecache-$(id -un)/
rm -rf /tmp/kde-$(id -un)/
rm -rf /tmp/ksocket-$(id -un)

The fact that the cashew is missing is very unusual, almost like Plasma can't access its plugins, so try rebuilding the Sycoca, which should fix the missing control module issue also:

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kbuildsycoca4 --noincrmental

So why do I have calls being made to kcmshell instead of kcmshell4? Something is broken there, because it used to work, and doesn't anymore.

I think maybe you should see this. After running the command you gave above (kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental), this was part of the output:

kbuildsycoca4(12783)/kdecore (KService) KBuildServiceFactory::createEntry: Invalid Service : "/usr/share/applications/kde4/koffice.desktop"
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/varicad.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/varicad.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/kcmggz.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/kchmviewer.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/supertux.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/f4l.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/inkscape.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/k3d.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/manslide.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/qcad.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/banshee-1.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/Kino.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/nm-pptp.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/pybackpack.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/openc6.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/gnome-drivel.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/gcalctool.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/gdesklets.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry MimeType in "/usr/share/applications/gajim.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/glom.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/jokosher.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/qBittorrent.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "/usr/share/applications/qfaxreader.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kbuildsycoca4(12783)/kdecore (KService) KServicePrivate::init: The desktop entry file "/usr/share/applications/qps.desktop" has Type= "Application" but no Exec line

What's wrong with XDG here? How relevant is this to the problem being experienced?

I don't know if I was supposed to do this after fixing the cache or not. But nothing changed as a result of running that command. Everything is still as it was.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

THIS IS HAPPENING NOW ABOUT EVERY TWENTY MINUTES!!

I just found out that even though the Almond is invisible in the top right corner, it can still be activated. However, once you unlock the desktop, you cannot change the "Appearance Settings". And if you try to logout without restarting the panel first through Plasma, the system will just hang, and you then have to Ctl-Alt-Backspace.

I just went into the systemsettings, and tried to "Enable desktop effects". I was looking for something else. When I entered the Apply button, it had the same effect as restarting plasma. So I temporarily have the panel back. I guess I could just keep doing that for now on, since I also got back ALL (except one) of my icons as well. But this really makes no sense!

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

Those non XDG compliant messages are normal, KDE is pedantic about specification compliance, and warns when it is not compliant ( it can still handle it though )

The fact that the Cashew is invisible yet usable, and that toggling desktop effects helped points towards a problem in your graphics drivers. If you are using ATI or NVidia, please ensure they are completely updated and correctly installed. You may wish to try with the "vesa" driver to verify this theory.

I should have been more clear. I tried to toggle the desktop effects. But when I did, plasma crashed (It did complain about the driver not being correct). When it came back (reloaded itself), all except one icon was back. However, that icon would not allow me to right click on it to bring it up.

The driver issue may be valid though. But there's a small problem here. I'm running Slackware on top of a 64-bit kernel. Trying to install the Nvidia driver doesn't work. Because the ARCH is never reported correctly (even when using the linux32 command). So the driver never installs. I don't know if installing a 32-bit kernel would allow me to install the driver or not. Because I remember having trouble trying to install it before. This whole damn situation is a PITA!! Right while I was typing this, the panel disappeared again.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

Can you please provide the output of "glxinfo | grep -i direct" and post your xorg.conf file?

bcooksley wrote:Can you please provide the output of "glxinfo | grep -i direct" and post your xorg.conf file?

This is what I get from running that command:
bash-4.0$ glxinfo | grep -i direct
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

Sorry about the following, but I didn't see how I was supposed to attach a file. So I've had to print out the entire xorg.conf file:

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# File generated by xorgconfig.

#
# Copyright 2004 The X.Org Foundation
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
# The X.Org Foundation BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of The X.Org Foundation shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from
# The X.Org Foundation.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf(5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this  section  is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"     # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
#    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
#    Load        "xtt"

# This loads the GLX module
    Load       "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
#    Load       "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

#    RgbPath   "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
#

    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
#    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# The module search path.  The default path is shown here.

#    ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

#    Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the  VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12).  This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

#    Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the  server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#    Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

#    Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

#    Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

#    Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

#    Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

    Identifier   "Keyboard1"
    Driver   "kbd"

    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#    Option   "Xleds"      "1 2 3"

#    Option "LeftAlt"     "Meta"
#    Option "RightAlt"    "ModeShift"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#    Option "XkbModel"    "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#    Option "XkbLayout"   "de"
# or:
#    Option "XkbLayout"   "de"
#    Option "XkbVariant"  "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    Option "XkbOptions"  "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
#    Option "XkbRules"    "xorg"
#    Option "XkbModel"    "pc105"
#    Option "XkbLayout"   "us"
#    Option "XkbVariant"  ""
#    Option "XkbOptions"  ""

#    Option "XkbDisable"

    Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"   "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"   "us"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier   "Mouse1"
    Driver   "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "Auto"   # Auto detect
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"

# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.

#    Option "Resolution"   "256"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

#    Option "BaudRate"   "9600"
#    Option "SampleRate"   "150"

# Mouse wheel mapping.  Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7.   Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.

    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

    Option "Emulate3Buttons"
#    Option "Emulate3Timeout"    "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

#    Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices.  This is for example only.  Refer
# to the xorg.conf man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier  "Mouse2"
#    Driver      "mouse"
#    Option      "Protocol"      "MouseMan"
#    Option      "Device"        "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball"
#    Driver     "magellan"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "spaceball2"
#    Driver     "spaceorb"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen0"
#    Driver     "microtouch"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"          "1412"
#    Option     "MaxX"          "15184"
#    Option     "MinY"          "15372"
#    Option     "MaxY"          "1230"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
#    Identifier "touchscreen1"
#    Driver     "elo2300"
#    Option     "Device"        "/dev/ttyS0"
#    Option     "MinX"          "231"
#    Option     "MaxX"          "3868"
#    Option     "MinY"          "3858"
#    Option     "MaxY"          "272"
#    Option     "ScreenNumber"  "0"
#    Option     "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
#    Option     "ButtonThreshold"       "17"
#    Option     "ButtonNumber"  "1"
#    Option     "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    HorizSync   31.5 - 64.3

#    HorizSync   30-64         # multisync
#    HorizSync   31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync   15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

    VertRefresh 50-90

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "Standard VGA"
    VendorName   "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases.  It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

#    Chipset   "generic"

# The Driver line must be present.  When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module.  Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

    Driver     "vga"
#    Driver     "vesa"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for.  When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device.  For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used.  This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.

#    BusID      "PCI:0:10:0"

#    VideoRam   256

#    Clocks   25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Device configured by xorgconfig:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Nvidia 9300"
    Driver      "vesa"
    BusID   "PCI:3:0:0"
   # unsupported card
    #VideoRam    131072
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "Nvidia 9300"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present.  Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised.  A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option.  In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens.  The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen.  In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

    Screen "Screen 1"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used.  Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

# Section "DRI"
#    Mode 0666
# EndSection

If this can't be fixed, once and for all, I will have to start using XFCE. At least this kind of thing doesn't happen when I use it. Having this occur every twenty minutes (or less) is not acceptable. And then to top it off, I can't logout without Ctl-Alt-Backspace. I think there's no excuse for not providing the user to reload their desktop to the state it was on startup.

Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
Shingoshi

Approximately twenty minutes later, and my panel is blank again. Given the frequency of the occurrence, I'm wondering if it's tied to my screensaver. Because the screensaver is the only thing that I'm aware of that has a set time interval. My screensaver was working before without issue. But now, it's making my screen go blank, and I haven't changed anything.