Missing Panels

walu · 01-26-2010, 04:54 AM

I was installing Mysql admin like

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-admin

and it installed. I tried it and it worked perfectly

however when I restarted my computer i realized that all my system panels on my desktop disappeared

any solutions ?

indiajoe · 01-26-2010, 07:28 AM

Hi,
Do you have any other user on the machine? If so you can use the files in that user's home to restore your desktop. If you are working in gnome. There will be a .gnome directory containing what ever you require to copy back to your account.
-cheers
indiajoe

walu · 01-26-2010, 07:43 AM

I did not have any other user but I created one by useing Ctrl+Alt+F1 -- on the shell (since I can not access the shell shortcut). However this user doesn't have the panels too.

I am using Debian Lenny and I will appreciate if you can post the gnome
file so that i could copy it manually if that is possible...

indiajoe · 01-26-2010, 07:56 AM

Hi,
That is strange. Do you have a live cd of your distribution? If so, boot it and get those files.
But I don't understand why the new user also lost desktop panels. That means it is not due to any accidental deletion of .gnome settings file from your home directory. If that is the case, I doubt the solution I suggested will work.
May be someone else here can give a better solution.
-Cheers
indiajoe

evo2 · 01-26-2010, 11:19 PM

What are system panels?

Other than installing mysql-admin, can you think of anything else you did (eg install or upgrade) since you last rebooted?

Cheers,

Evo2.