Polybar to xfce4-panel in i3 justaguy linux? dbus error?

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How do i change the polybar to

xfce4-panel ??

help please ?

I,m a newbie

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Ok, there is a lot to unpack here.

Assuming you are using my install of i3 packages and configuration, then:

  1. Polybar is the most common task bar for i3 and it is located ~/.config/i3/polybar/config.ini. There are videos on youtube that demo how to configure polybar.
  2. If you want to change from polybar to xfce4-panel (and I am assuming your are a debian user), install sudo apt install xfce4-panel and then remove or comment the polybar line at the top of ~/.config/i3/scripts/autostart.sh. You will need to replace that line with xfce4-panel &
  3. If you run up against a dbus error: try installing sudo apt install dbus-x11 and see if that fixes it.
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Didn’t work so i gave up on it, thanks for the help tho

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Hey thank you again , i finely got the xfce4-panel to work .

I like it because it’s simple and you can pop in the applets very easy .

I’m a newbie , 73 yrs old and retired but love to tinker !

Never to old to learn.

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