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For some screwy reason my panels are missing. I normally have 4 them and suddenly I booted up and they were all gone. The menu on the bottom that is normally there is gone too. When I log in Gnome starts up and displays a bunch of little symbols for a couple of seconds as everything is set up - however it's not showing the little panel symbol to show that the panels are started up too. Anybody have any idea what's going on? I've been running Gnome for weeks on end with no problems. I'm using RedHat 7.2 in case that matters.
That's a very common problem, because Nautilus, the program which draws icons and menus in Gnome, is buggy as hell.
Try deleting (or ratter moving/renaming) the file ./gnome in you /home/user.
Doing so, Nautilus will "recreate" a new desktop for you as if it was the first time when you've run Gnome.
Try different clicks on the desktop until you find it in the menu or launch an x terminal and actually run nautilus. Then it will re-create the missing stuff.
# Red Hhat 7.3 down configuration commands setup leads to several configuration tools
# Red Hat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard: redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server: redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network: redhat-config-network
Manage software: redhat-config-packages
It's funny how sometimes the answer is so simple that you never see it. I decided to type "panel" in a shell launched from the desktop. Bingo. My panel came back. Thanks for the suggestions guys
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