problems with gnome-panel and firestarter

trancemansteve · 06-20-2011, 12:28 PM

Hi all,

Still trying to get to grips with linux and I'd really appreciate some help on this.

On boot both gnome-panel and firestarter fail to load (with firestarter giving a (fail) on the screen before login. Both can be started manually but that's a real pain and also when I alt+f2 gnome-panel any maximised windows will have their title bars/menus cropped off at the top of the screen. I'm not sure where I'd find the info that tells me what has gone wrong.

I'm on Ubuntu 11.04.

Thanks!

rajeevrnair · 06-20-2011, 01:08 PM

try installing fluxbox or lxde get into it and then remove gnome-panel and nautilus and then reinstall... could be a problem with nautilus as well.Create another user account and see if issue is resolved.All the best

trancemansteve · 06-21-2011, 12:34 PM

Thanks rajeevrnair, unfortunately that didn't fix it. I can still get onto the gnome-desktop I just have to manually load both each time.

rajeevrnair · 06-21-2011, 02:13 PM

Try these links

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-tip...ome-panel.html
http://maketecheasier.com/4-great-al...bar/2010/06/08

If you still can't find a way out try ubuntuforums.org

reply with whatever happened and a more detailed error message you've got to let people know exactly what is happening if they are to help you.