After some recent upgrades to F24, I see a strange problem. I run in the
systemd equivalent of runlevel 3 and start KDE with startx.
The first time I use startx after reboot, I get my normal panel but no
desktop toolbox. Clicking anywhere on the root window does nothing even
though mouse actions are defined for that. If I then logout and start
KDE again, I get a normal looking desktop except that no panel is
visible. The desktop toolbox is present and root window actions work as
they should. The scenario is repeated for all subsequent startx calls
until the next boot. On one occasion, I manually added a second panel
while in the second scenario (even though I couldn't see the first
panel). The second panel also did not appear but the desktop toolbox
went away and root window clicks became inactive. After the next boot,
both panels were visible, the desktop toolbox was not visible, and the
root window clicks were inactive.
Any ideas? Is this known or do I need to open a bug report (I didn't see
one that seemed to match).
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Dave Close