My task bar has disappeared
 

Hi,

I got Linux a few days ago, and all of a sudden my task bar had disappeared
and I cant get it back.
I read another thread which said to type "dcop kicker panel restart" but the terminal just says "call failed".

Is there any way to sort this out because I dont know any other way to get at my programs!

Thank you,

David

Has it disappeared for all users or just the one???

I bet it only accounts for one user account. You might just want to create a new one and move any files you've made over to it, then delete the old user account.

That's probably easier than fixing your problem.

delete the root?
 

It has only affected one user - the root!

When I log on as root is says that the kde panel crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV) and it may be due to an bug/error. I get this info:

Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 1095690752 (LWP 5241)]
[KCrash handler]
#7 0x407919ee in KCmdLineArgs::isSet () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdecore.so.4
#8 0x41a4479a in MapWidget::load () from /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/ww_panelapplet.so
#9 0x41a383e7 in KWWApplet::KWWApplet ()
from /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/ww_panelapplet.so
#10 0x41a386ba in init () from /opt/kde3/lib/kde3/ww_panelapplet.so
#11 0x416b8bfe in PluginLoader::loadApplet ()
from /opt/kde3/lib/libkickermain.so.1
#12 0x4165135e in InternalAppletContainer::InternalAppletContainer ()
from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#13 0x41651658 in PluginManager::createAppletContainer ()
from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#14 0x416521ab in ContainerArea::loadContainerConfig ()
from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#15 0x4165309d in ContainerArea::initialize ()
from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#16 0x41653100 in Panel::initialize () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#17 0x41658828 in Kicker::Kicker () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#18 0x41659a16 in kdemain () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeinit_kicker.so
#19 0x0804e7a6 in launch ()
#20 0x0804eebc in handle_launcher_request ()
#21 0x0804f479 in handle_requests ()
#22 0x0804fc5a in main ()


I have no idea what this means, but I am guessing that I can't delete the root to fix the problem.

I have tried Alt+F2 then kicker but I get the same message.

Any other wisdom would be appreciated!

ReInstallation is the shortest way to get away of the problem...

what is your desktop environment? i encountered that problem
in gnome and everytime i encounter it again i just remove all
.gnome folder in my home directory and restart gnome. i do
this even if there is wrong in my gnome desktop to reset the
gnome configuration! £Ä3