Sometimes when opening Steam tint2 closes

utherbone · May 31, 2024, 6:54pm

I use Steam a lot (runtime), and sometimes tint2 is closed and this bothers me a lot so I have to restart the computer.
It happened just now. Since this is boring, that was a rant!

napcok · May 31, 2024, 7:39pm

I found this bug report (10 years old)…

github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux

Steam client sets WM_NAME as UTF-8 string instead of using _NET_WM_NAME

opened 06:13PM - 19 Aug 13 UTC

Bruners

reviewed Steam client

As the title says, the steam client seems to be setting WM_NAME as an UTF-8 stri…ng instead of using _NET_WM_NAME for this purpose as defined by the standard ``` bash % xprop WM_STATE(WM_STATE): window state: Normal icon window: 0x0 WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "Steam" WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols WM_DELETE_WINDOW WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS): Client accepts input or input focus: True _NET_WM_ICON(CARDINAL) = Icon (48 x 48): _WIN_HINTS(_WIN_HINTS) = 0x0 _MOTIF_WM_HINTS(_MOTIF_WM_HINTS) = 0x2, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Steam", "Steam" WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS): user specified location: 1920, 22 user specified size: 1549 by 1057 ``` http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/1.3/ar01s05.html

No need to restart computer to start tint2 panel again…
tint2 in mabox is (auto)started by command:

mb-tint2-session

So you can add this command somewhere to menus or to Conky, as a workaround.

utherbone · May 31, 2024, 9:49pm

Thank you very much, I will make an if in a script to run steam and replace the original steam shortcut if tint2 is not running it runs this section command, which you provided me.