Comment 9 for bug 1784817

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Ludovic (balavoine) wrote : Re: [Bug 1784817] Re: xpad don't open at the start

It works ! Wow !

But there is another problem : when I close Xpad, I can't open it again
except if I kill the process.

Le 09/08/2018 à 15:33, Arthur Borsboom a écrit :
> 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?
>