Install an update, lose your panels! GREAT! Help?

[RAZRBAKK]

Hey folks,

I installed an update which did some Firefox update. It asked me to restart the browser, which I did, but then everything froze. 'No Big' I thought, and restarted the system. Upon arriving at my desktop, I found that I have no panels. I also don't have the ability to open terminal.

I did get into the TTY and issued


rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

To no avail. I also tried to create a launcher, but the screen flickers once, then remains the same.

Are there any suggestions other than a good ol' back up/re-install?

[jimmy the saint]

does alt-f2 work? if it does, try hitting alt-f2 and type in
nautilus
if you have no icons, that may mean that nautilus isn't running
do it again and type in
metacity --replace
if windows wont open, it could be that you have no window manager running

If you want to play with a terminal, do it again (or first) and tyep in
gnome-terminal

Without seeing your desktop or having more details, I can't say for sure what your problem is, but this should cover a lot of the bases.

[RAZRBAKK]

does alt-f2 work? if it does, try hitting alt-f2 and type in
nautilus
if you have no icons, that may mean that nautilus isn't running
do it again and type in
metacity --replace
if windows wont open, it could be that you have no window manager running

If you want to play with a terminal, do it again (or first) and tyep in
gnome-terminal

Without seeing your desktop or having more details, I can't say for sure what your problem is, but this should cover a lot of the bases.

alt+F2 does NOT work, I can open windows, and I can't get a terminal open. I got one open by opening the terminal session session at the login menu...

By the way, I'm running Jaunty.