Bug 87935

Summary: Kicker not displaying all open windows on taskbar
Product: [Plasma] kicker Reporter: Chris Wales <cwales>
Component: generalAssignee: John Firebaugh <jfirebaugh>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:

Description Chris Wales 2004-08-24 14:35:08 UTC
Version:           3.3.0 (using KDE 3.3.0, SuSE)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.5-7.104-default

For some reason, not all of my windows are showing entries in the taskbar.

I have windows on multiple desktops and I have kicker set to show only the windows on the current desktop. However, although it shows the right windows on the right desktop, it frequently stops creating new entries when I open new windows. It seems to do so arbitrarily and with no apparent cause; I do not know how to duplicate the bug.

Applications are still accessible via Alt + Tab, and a restart of kicker usually solves the problem temporarily- until it kicks in again (no pun intended!).
Comment 1 Lubos Lunak 2004-08-24 18:25:32 UTC
Few more people ignoring the page offering checking for duplicates and I'll be the one with most resolved bugreports again.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12620 ***
Comment 2 Chris Wales 2004-08-25 00:06:14 UTC
Umm... actually, I don't think this is a duplicate of 12620? The windows 
simply don't have taskbar entries, as opposed to appearing on the wrong 
desktop.

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 17:25, Lubos Lunak wrote:
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> l.lunak kde org changed:
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>            What    |Removed                     |Added
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>- Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
>          Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE
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> ------- Additional Comments From l.lunak kde org  2004-08-24 18:25 -------
> Few more people ignoring the page offering checking for duplicates and I'll
> be the one with most resolved bugreports again.
>
>
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12620 ***

Comment 3 Chris Wales 2004-08-25 02:11:12 UTC
To add as well- it's now also showing a taskbar entry for a window I've closed. Clicking the entry does nothing and the window was closed some time ago :S
Comment 4 Cody McCain 2004-08-25 03:41:11 UTC
I am experiencing the same bug.  I have found a workaround by removing the taskbar applet from kicker and then adding it back.  Unfortunately, this has to be repeated with each new session.  It fixes the problems of windows not being added when they are opened and not being removed when they are closed.

I am using the Suse 9.1 RPMs from ibiblio that I downloaded yesterday.

The kicker rpm is kdeaddons3-kicker-3.3.0-5.i586.rpm.
Comment 5 Cody McCain 2004-08-25 05:46:19 UTC
In trying to discover exactly when this problem started, I created a new account in SUSE with Yast and then logged in.  There was no problem with the taskbar until I ran Control Center for the first time.  After that, I experienced the above symptons.  Hope this helps.
Comment 6 Chris Wales 2004-08-25 09:24:09 UTC
This happened to me when I upgraded from KDE 3.3.0 RC2 to the full release

Chris

On Wednesday 25 August 2004 04:46, Cody McCain wrote:
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> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87935
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> ------- Additional Comments From codeman codymccain net  2004-08-25 05:46
> ------- In trying to discover exactly when this problem started, I created
> a new account in SUSE with Yast and then logged in.  There was no problem
> with the taskbar until I ran Control Center for the first time.  After
> that, I experienced the above symptons.  Hope this helps.

Comment 7 Maksim Orlovich 2004-08-25 21:20:29 UTC
Please don't reopen this. 12620 is the master bug for tracking a piece of SUSE brokeness that causes tons of different problems, including this one

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12620 ***
Comment 8 David C Maurer 2004-10-18 03:59:32 UTC
This bug is not a duplicate of 12620.  I am running KDE 3.3.3 binaries compiled for Fedora Core 2 from the ftp.kde.org site.  I am seeing the exact same behavior as the original poster and Cody McCain.  Kicker will not display taskbar entries for newly opened windows.  The workaround is to remove the taskbar applet from kicker and then re-add it.  At such time the taskbar entries for the currently open windows appear.