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07-29-2003, 05:09 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Valhalla
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2
Posts: 22
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Missing Panels in Gnome
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.
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07-29-2003, 05:36 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: ~
Distribution: Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Solaris, DSL
Posts: 5,337
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Hi codeviking!!!
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.
Good luck!
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07-29-2003, 06:08 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Valhalla
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2
Posts: 22
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Hey man, thanks for the reply. I tried doing what you said, but all that happened was that my wallpaper disappeared. Still no panels. 
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07-29-2003, 08:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Valhalla
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2
Posts: 22
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*bump*
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07-29-2003, 08:45 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2003
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Distribution: Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Solaris, DSL
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Did you fix it? Congratz. How?  It's cool if you say how you did it because somebody else can face the same problem 
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07-29-2003, 08:48 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Valhalla
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2
Posts: 22
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No, that's what I said - I didn't fix it. 
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07-29-2003, 08:50 PM
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hehe  I've thought you did  . Well, I wish you good luck 
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07-29-2003, 08:55 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Sparta, NC USA
Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Posts: 5,141
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Did you re-launch nautilus?
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 Hat links
Red Hat Linux Manuals
Get your mp3 support here
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet
Red Hat 8.0 Tips & Tricks
# 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
# Handling NTFS
New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs
Linux NTFS project
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07-30-2003, 08:07 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Valhalla
Distribution: Red Hat 7.2
Posts: 22
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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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07-30-2003, 08:50 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Apr 2003
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hey  That was pretty new for me too...there's always one more command at the terminal in Linux  lol
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