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Panel on the secondary screen becomes invisible

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Description

Distribution

Fedora release 41 (Forty One)

Package version

6.4.4

Graphics hardware in use

Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P GT2, NVIDIA Corporation GA104M

Frequency

Always

Bug description

Panel on the secondary screen does not come back when the screen is connected.

Steps to reproduce
  • Connect a laptop to a an external screen configure for "join displays"
  • Create a panel on the bottom of the external screen
  • put system in hibernate
  • wake from hibernate without the secondary screen
  • hibernate again
  • wake with second screen attached - the panel will not be visible.
  • In panel settings, the "next panel" button shows the props of the missing panel
  • Adjusting the org.cinnamon.panels-enabled in dconf makes the panel reappear - see the first comment
Expected behavior

Panel should appear when the screen is connected

Additional information

The issue appeared in 6.4

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the hibernate and secondary-screen reconnection sequence, then inspect the panel settings and the org.cinnamon.panels-enabled dconf value described in the report. Done means a panel created on the external display becomes visible again after waking with that display attached, without manually changing the setting.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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