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gnome-panel package

panel menus do not show

Asked by pawpaw mike

I was wondering where my panel menus went. I have desktop icons but my panel menus are gone. How do I get them back? My version is 8.04. Thanks pawpaw Mike.

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

If you still have your panels, right click on the panel, choose "Add to panel" and select "Main Menu" from the list and then click on "Add".

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pawpaw mike (mj2guest1) said : 		#2

Thank you for your time. That is the problem, there is nothing on top or bottom of the screen. No apps, places, clock or trash can or anything else just icons down the left side. PPM.

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Abi ^-^ (abiyasa-eka) said : 		#3

Right click to dekstop and choose add new panel (or add panel), can't it?

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Best Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#4

Press Alt+F2 (F2 is the second "Function" button) and type into the blank field "gnome-panel" (without the quotation marks) and press "Enter".
Into the terminal window type: sudo debconf gnome-panel
Press Enter and then reboot.

Alternatively, in the terminal type:
gconftool-2 --shutdown
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
pkill gnome-panel

Press Enter after each command.

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pawpaw mike (mj2guest1) said : 		#5

Thank you for this suggestion. I think that this will do the trick. PPM.

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anthony burman (antburman) said : 		#6

I didn't realize until someone told me, it's not the main menubar but the entire desktop that is disappearing. The only other item on desktop, apart from the menu bar is a backup folder created when we upgraded to 8.10. Everything disappears.
When screensaver is switched to blank-as opposed to off- the desktop does not disappear. When the screensaver is turned back on, the desktop disappears and I have to reboot.
So, it's the desktop and it may be related to the screensaver.
Should I still try what you suggested?

In the meantime I am gonna switch the desktop to blank again.

Kind wishes,

Anthony Burman.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#7

@ anthony burman

Please don't append a new question on a already answered or marked as solved question.
Please make new question from here: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion
you will get better chance to get right answer on a fresh tagged "open" question.
Solved or answered questions are usually not read from answering people.

Thank you