GNOME Panel is lost

I don't know if this will work with the version of Trisquel you have although try this:

1. Hold down alt and press f2 once
2. Enter the following into the run dialog box

dconf reset -f /org/gnome/gnome-panel/

3. Hold down alt and press f2 again and run:

killall gnome-panel

4. Reboot

В 04:52 +0200 на 23.07.2012 (пн), name at domain написа:
> I was seeing how the panel looked in different locations, and [...]

> I'm unable to see it or interact with it at all. [...]

> Please post if you've been able to fix this problem [...]

You can change the position manually in gconf-editor
at /apps/panel/toplevels/ by setting the
orientation key top top, bottom, left or right.

If for some reason the panel crashed and it doesn't start by itself
(which by my experience is the default behavior) you can run
"gnome-panel &" in a terminal. Have in mind that closing this terminal
will probably kill the panel.

"gnome-panel" is rubbish, try xfce4-panel.

I found a solution a day or so after making this thread, but didn't think to post about it. In case someone gets stumped by this in the future, or just wants to see what the problem is, this post is for you. :)

I pinned down that whenever I opened something with window decoration, this would make the panel completely hidden. This issue seems very strange to me, I couldn't even fix it with the configuration editor, and I'm wondering if I should file a bug report. Well here's how I found the lost panel:

• Open the terminal (ctrl + alt + t), and enter in

  sudo apt-get install compiz ccsm

  if you don't already have compiz (if you don't know what this is, you likely don't have it)

• run
  

  ccsm

  , and uncheck the box for window decoration, then in the terminal, enter in

  compiz --replace

  to use compiz as your window manager until the end of your session

• Now, hold down the Alt key and right click on the panel, open properties, and then restore the position of the panel
• Finally, remember to re-enable window decoration! If you don't want to use compiz until the end of your session, run
  

  metacity --replace

Thank you Nathan for posting this solution. The same thing happened to me, when I attempted to move the panel to the left side of my screen as well.

Best regards

This is terrible.

I just moved the panel to the left side of the screen - and now I can't do anything.

I've tried all three methods listed above, but none have worked.

Every time I open a terminal window to try and fix it, the panel disappears.

Is there a way I can reinstall gnome? This is ridiculous - another testament for the success that gnome 3 has been.

>How about the following commands?

>$ killall gnome-panel && gnome-panel&

It keeps returning that there is no process called gnome-panel.

That's because every time I need to open the terminal to type this, the panel disappears.

>You cannot seriously base your conclusion on one bug, which this
clearly is.

Don't really want to get into the politics of this, but this is a known bug and a very serious one at that. It renders an entire computer nearly useless. Haha, jeez, starting to sound like t3g with all my bitching. Anyway, I appreciate your help ivaylo, if anyone else has any ideas I'm sure they'll be of benefit for some poor panel-less soul in the future.

Update: I ended up installing XFCE, might go back to the gnome panel once 6.0 is released. But if anyone wants to help out, then cheers.

As the old saying goes, "there's more than one way to skin a cat." Personally, I like my cat and have no wish to skin it, but that's beside the point. Having only temporary success with only one of the above methods, I tried something I learned in another OS (shhh!). Here's what I did:

- Press CTRL+ALT+t to open a terminal
- Type "gnome-panel" and press ENTER.
- From the Panel's Main Menu, open "System Settings".
- From there, open "Startup Applications".
- Click "New Item".
- Name the item "Panel".
- Enter "gnome-panel" for the command.
- Save the new startup item.
- Close Startup Applications and System Settings.

My Panel (Taskbar - shhh!) is appearing every time I boot.

Hi ! every free body !
Like Nathan, i décided to put Gnome-panel on the left and...
Tried everything i read, but it's not possible to run "gnome-panel"
jpstest@Trisquel:~$ gnome-panel

(gnome-panel:2067): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./gobject/gsignal.c:2295: signal `size_request' is invalid for instance `0x9ca6f0'
Floating point exception
jpstest@Trisquel:~$

So what to do ?