Re: Gnome-Panel no longer starts at login, or after
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 05:36:01 -0700 (PDT), Ian Thomas
<scraemondaemon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Ian Thomas <scraemondaemon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > --- Andrea VeVettorelloanandreaevettorellomgmailom>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 28 SeSep004 16:09:40 -0700 (PDT), Ian
> > Thomas
> > > <scscraemondaemonahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > A few days ago I logged into GNOME using GDGDMnd
> > > the
> > > > gnome panel failed to start up. That left me
> > with
> > > > just sasawfishunning. This is usable but I
> > would
> > > like
> > > > the Gnome panel back for convenience sake. I
> > have
> > > > tried the following:
> > > >
> > > > Renaming each of the following files or
> > > directories:
> > > > ~/.gnome/session
> > > > ~/.gnome/panel
> > > > ~/.gnome
> > > >
> > > > None of these made the panel come back.
> > > Attempting to
> > > > start the gnome panel after logging in gives the
> > > > following:
> > > >
> > > > <prompt> $ panel
> > > >
> > >
> > > I could be wrong, but to start the gnome panel,
> > you
> > > should use the
> > > "gnome-panel" command (i don't have a Woody box
> > with
> > > Gnome installed
> > > to check)
> >
> > It may have changed in gnome 2, but panel is the
> > command for "gnome panel" in Gnome 1.4. I do have
> > the
Ok, i was wrong. =)
> > following commands that include the prefix
> > 'gnome-panel'. They are: $1-add-launcher,
> > $1-properties-cacapplet-panel-scscreenshot
> >
> > In the file, /etc/gnome/default.session, the
> > follwing entry to 'panel' is listed.
> >
> > 7,RestartCommand --smclient-id default7
> >
> > This line is listed three times in different places
> > corresponding to one for each session listed in
> > /etc/gnome/default.session. After having moved my
> > session file in my home directory out of the way, I
> > have tried logging in using each of the default
> > settings, classic, default, and nautilus, listed in
> > this file. The gnome panel doesn't come up any of
> > these times. I, however, don't have an entry for
> > panel in my own session file. There should be one,
> > and I haven't edited this file by hand.
> >
> > Thanks for the response. Any more suggestions?
>
If you open an xterm (or gnome term) and launch the "panel &" command,
the panel start?
Andrea
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