Xpad

  1. Bug #1784817
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 1784817

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Arthur Borsboom (arthurborsboom) wrote : Re: xpad don't open at the start

I guess I know what is happening.

This is an 'issue' with Ubuntu and the traditional (and deprecated) app indicator of GTK used in Xpad.

Xpad is active, but you can't see it, since the app indicator is missing. Also hide/show setting in Xpad is set to hide all pads on startup (in your configuration file).

Just to test my suspicion, can you change the following setting manually in the Xpad configuration file ./config/xpad/default-style ?

from:
autostart_display_pads 2

to:
autostart_display_pads 0

2: hide all pads on startup
1: restore the pads to previous state
0: show all pads on startup

Normally you would change these settings by the preferences menu through:

- the app indicator (which is missing/not working in ubuntu)
- right-click on a pad -> preferences (which only works if you have at least one visible pad)

If you kill xpad and start it again, will a pad show?