Hello everyone, I’ve only been using Mint for a short time, and ever since I enabled the Menu button applet on the taskbars of my 4 screens… its behavior has been pretty chaotic. Coming from Windows, I like to keep the environment as close as possible to what I’ve been used to for years. I discovered that thanks to the Applets tool (by right‑clicking on the system taskbar), you get access to a ton of customizable options for each taskbar. What I wanted was to have the Menu button at the bottom left of each screen, so that no matter which screen I’m working on, I could quickly access it with a single click, instead of having to go back to the main screen. However, now that I’ve set up this functionality, when I press the Windows key (which opens the Menu dropdown), it pops up randomly on any of the 4 screens. It changes every day, but it never shows up on the main screen. How can I fix this? I’ll leave my system specs in a spoiler below: ::: spoiler spoiler System: Kernel: 6.8.0-85-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.2 Zara base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: 970 PRO GAMING/AURA v: Rev 1.xx serial: part-nu: SKU uuid: UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0501 date: 01/13/2016 CPU: Info: 8-core model: AMD FX-8320 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Piledriver rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 8 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 1554 high: 1812 min/max: 1400/3500 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1518 2: 1812 3: 1517 4: 1517 5: 1517 6: 1517 7: 1517 8: 1517 bogomips: 60680 Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm Graphics: Device-1: AMD Tobago PRO [Radeon R7 360 / R9 OEM] vendor: Gigabyte driver: radeon v: kernel arch: GCN-2 pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1, DVI-D-1, DVI-I-1, HDMI-A-1 empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:665f class-ID: 0300 temp: 50.0 C Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1 Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1524x572mm (60.00x22.52") s-diag: 1628mm (64.09") Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-0 pos: bottom-r model: NXM27FHD112 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480 Monitor-2: DVI-I-1 mapped: DVI-1 pos: primary,bottom-c model: NXM27FHD751 serial: res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 81 size: 600x330mm (23.62x12.99") diag: 685mm (27") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400 Monitor-3: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: bottom-l model: DGM serial: res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 305 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54") diag: 462mm (18.2") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400 Monitor-4: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 pos: top-left model: NXM24FHD1202 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 92 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (24") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400 API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: BONAIRE (radeonsi ACO DRM 2.50 6.8.0-85-generic) device-ID: 1002:665f API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 7 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0 type: cpu driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 Audio: Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0403 Device-2: AMD Tobago HDMI Audio [Radeon R7 360 / R9 OEM] vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aac0 class-ID: 0403 API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-85-generic status: kernel-api Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin Network: Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200 IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7922 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave ASUS PCE-AXE59BT driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7922 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: IF-ID-1: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A Bluetooth: Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 4-2:2 chip-ID: 13d3:3568 class-ID: e001 serial: Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 sub-v: 2206 hci-v: 11 rev: 716 class-ID: 7c0104 Drives: Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 2.98 TiB (46.8%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104 size: 3.64 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM003-1ER162 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: fw-rev: CC45 scheme: MBR ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: fw-rev: 046 scheme: GPT ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04UBF100 size: 931.51 GiB type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: scheme: MBR Partition: ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 272.05 GiB (29.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 768 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 1-2:2 info: SINO WEALTH Wired Gaming Mouse type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 258a:0051 class-ID: 0301 Device-2: 1-3:3 info: SINOWEALTH Game Mouse type: mouse,keyboard driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 480mA chip-ID: 258a:1007 class-ID: 0301 Device-3: 1-5:4 info: Areson Corp 2.4G Receiver type: keyboard,mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 25a7:fa23 class-ID: 0301 Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 2-4:4 info: Toshiba America External USB 3.0 type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0480:0901 class-ID: 0806 serial: Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Device-1: 4-2:2 info: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 13d3:3568 class-ID: e001 serial: Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900 Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Hub-10: 10-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 Hub-11: 11-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: radeon temp: 51.0 C Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A Repos: Packages: 3732 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3690 pm: flatpak pkgs: 42 No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/element-io.list 1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/element-io-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //packages.element.io/debian/ default main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/font-manager-staging-noble.list 1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/font-manager-staging-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/font-manager/staging/ubuntu noble main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:Alexx2000.list 1: deb http: //download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Alexx2000/Debian_13/ / Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-backports-noble.list 1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubuntu-ppa-backports-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu noble main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mediaarea.list 1: deb https: //mediaarea.net/repo/deb/ubuntu noble main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list 1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc arch=amd64] https: //repository.mullvad.net/deb/beta beta main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com zara main upstream import backport 2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/phoerious-keepassxc-noble.list 1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/phoerious-keepassxc-noble.gpg] https: //ppa.launchpadcontent.net/phoerious/keepassxc/ubuntu noble main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 1: deb https: //repository.spotify.com stable non-free Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list 1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https: //apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable-v2 Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscodium.list 1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/vscodium-archive-keyring.asc] https: //paulcarroty.gitlab.io/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/debs vscodium main Info: Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.24 GiB used: 6.66 GiB (21.3%) Processes: 359 Power: uptime: 2h 19m states: freeze,mem suspend: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: disabled Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 inxi: 3.3.34 :::

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Erratic Behavior of the Menu Button

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