FC9: Gnome Systray applets in new windows after nVidia

[hobbes80]

I have a fresh install of FC9x64 on my laptop, a latitude 820.
After running all updates, everything was "fine".

I installed the nVidia drivers from their website that match my card: GeForce Go 7400.

After restarting Gnome, everything was still fine. I used the nVidia xconfig tool to run Separate X-Windows in each screen, since my laptop display and my second dispaly have different peak resolutions.

After setting up my xorg.conf (below) and restarting X, my systray applets all apear as their own window with the icon in them. I can't get them to "add to panel" or "attach"... I can't drag them on, I can't "add new space" for them to appear, they just kind of hang out on the desktop. Not only do they clutter things up, but I end up with windows for them along the bottom that I can alt-tab to.

Here is a picture of what they look like:


Here is my kernel version:
2.6.26.5-45.fc9.x86_64

Here is my driver version:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.80-pkg2.run

Here is my xorg.conf:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Wed Oct  1 15:12:53 PDT 2008

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Wed Oct  1 15:13:37 PDT 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 1280 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Sharp"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh     60.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "DELL E173FP"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce Go 7400"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce Go 7400"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "True"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

[surkum]

Got the same problem some time ago, to fix it you must have only one notification area, one for both screens.

please post if it works for you too.

[hobbes80]

OK. So I was trying to delete the area from one of the panels, and accidentally deleted the panel. Which wouldn't be that big a deal, since it was on the other screen, but I disabled the 2nd screen as well.

What makes this even more fun, is that I don't have a right-click for terminal button... so I had to create a desktop launcher for firefox just to get it back open again.

Guess I should have had a V8 this morning.

How do I get my panel back? I tried starting gnome-panel and it opens a terminal window then closes again.

Edit:
got an xterm window up and when I run gnome-panel, it says it is already running. *facepalm*

Edit^2:
Ok, not as stupid as I thought I was. I have my panel back by click on the bottom panel, add panel, etc. It also allowed me to add a notification area and the icons are going where they are supposed to now. But I've only got one screen. SO I still will have that hurdle.

[surkum]

Have you tried turn off and on the computer

[hobbes80]

success. ok. this is what I did:

I changed back to "Separate X screens" mode on nVidia. I removed the upper panel on BOTH screens
I re-added the panel on my main screen and added the systray area. (I re-added by right-clicking the bottom panel, and clicking "new panel"... I got a blank one, and could add apps from there.
I added the panel on my second screen and did NOT add the systray area. Problem is resolved.

Thanks for the help.