mate-panel bug

[dougm]

Hi,

I upgraded from Sparky 7 semi-rolling to Sparky 8 Seven-Sisters, in order to fix a problem that actually had some other cause.  I am using MATE DT.  Now the mate-panel is crashing with errors such as these:

2023-10-06T15:25:08.160254-07:00 bozeman kernel: [90301.064675] mate-panel[101134]: segfault at 1 ip 00007f109bd9117a sp 00007ffce8926db0 error 4 in libgtk-3.so.0.2406.32[7f109ba86000+38d000] likely on CPU 7 (core 1, socket 0)
2023-10-06T15:25:08.160273-07:00 bozeman kernel: [90301.064718] Code: f3 0f 1. . .
2023-10-06T15:25:08.394655-07:00 bozeman dbus-daemon[30693]: [session uid=1000 pid=30693] Activating service name='org.mate.panel.applet.ClockAppletFactory' requested by ':1.159' (uid=1000 pid=102718 comm="mate-panel")
2023-10-06T15:25:08.396081-07:00 bozeman dbus-daemon[30693]: [session uid=1000 pid=30693] Activating service name='org.mate.panel.applet.WnckletFactory' requested by ':1.159' (uid=1000 pid=102718 comm="mate-panel")
2023-10-06T15:25:08.396838-07:00 bozeman dbus-daemon[30693]: [session uid=1000 pid=30693] Activating service name='org.mate.panel.applet.NotificationAreaAppletFactory' requested by ':1.159' (uid=1000 pid=102718 comm="mate-panel")

2023-10-06T15:25:08.662195-07:00 bozeman wnck-applet[102738]: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node button, owner WnckButton)
2023-10-06T15:25:08.662320-07:00 bozeman wnck-applet[102738]: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node button, owner WnckButton)

It crashes about 5 minutes after I re-ordering some of the Window List buttons using the mouse.  Upon restarting the panel, all the Window List buttons are re-ordered in some way, not the order I had.

I never saw this problem in Sporky 7.  Also I can't use VirtualBox in Sparky 8, it says "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)".  I don't need Sparky 8.  Is there a way to downgrade in-place to Sparky 7 ?

thanks very much

[dougm]

I think I will just re-install.

[AxL]

[....] Is there a way to downgrade in-place to Sparky 7 ?

There is definitely NO such possibility. 

[....]  thanks very much

You're welcome !!






Cheers !!