Xubuntu 6.06 Desktop Menu Bar and Window Bar gone

FroStro

I am new to the Ubuntu world. I decided to use Xubuntu, because I was installing the OS on an old Presario with only 64 MB RAM.

Installation went fine. I have been using Abiword with no problems.

However, today, when I logged in the Desktop Menu bar and Window Selection bar are no longer on the desktop. I don't believe I had changed any settings for the desktop.

Does anyone know how I can get these bars back?

Thank you.

K.Mandla

Try this. First, make sure xfce4-panel is running. That's the process that shows the panels on your screen. Enter this in a terminal (or on a console screen by pressing ALT+F2):

Code:

pgrep -l xfce4-panel

If it's not there, enter xfce4-panel and press return, and possibly your panels will reappear.

If it is there it will return something like this ...

Code:

5535 xfce4-panel

That means it's running, but for whatever reason, it's not showing the panels you have set. What we'll do is kill the panel process, remove your old panel configuration file, then restart it. That should force it to start over with a blank configuration, and you can rebuild them from there.

First kill xfce4-panel.

Code:

xfce4-panel --exit

Next, let's back up the old configuration file, just to be safe.

Code:

cp ~/.config/xfce4/panel/panels.xml ~/panels.xml.old

Now remove the old configuration file.

Code:

rm ~/.config/xfce4/panel/panels.xml

Now restart the panel process, and hopefully fresh panels should appear.

Code:

xfce4-panel

There used to be a bug in Xubuntu that caused the Applications menu to be eaten if you tried to edit it. I don't think this is related, but if you're having that problem too, we can hunt down that bug report for the fix.

And welcome!

FroStro

Simply running 'xfce4-panel' solved the problem.

Thanks for the help.

December 4th, 2006	#1
FroStro First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2006 Beans: 2	Xubuntu 6.06 Desktop Menu Bar and Window Bar gone I am new to the Ubuntu world. I decided to use Xubuntu, because I was installing the OS on an old Presario with only 64 MB RAM. Installation went fine. I have been using Abiword with no problems. However, today, when I logged in the Desktop Menu bar and Window Selection bar are no longer on the desktop. I don't believe I had changed any settings for the desktop. Does anyone know how I can get these bars back? Thank you.

December 4th, 2006	#2
K.Mandla 午後の紅茶お願いします Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Japan Beans: 5,733 Ubuntu	Re: Xubuntu 6.06 Desktop Menu Bar and Window Bar gone Try this. First, make sure xfce4-panel is running. That's the process that shows the panels on your screen. Enter this in a terminal (or on a console screen by pressing ALT+F2): Code: pgrep -l xfce4-panel If it's not there, enter xfce4-panel and press return, and possibly your panels will reappear. If it is there it will return something like this ... Code: 5535 xfce4-panel That means it's running, but for whatever reason, it's not showing the panels you have set. What we'll do is kill the panel process, remove your old panel configuration file, then restart it. That should force it to start over with a blank configuration, and you can rebuild them from there. First kill xfce4-panel. Code: xfce4-panel --exit Next, let's back up the old configuration file, just to be safe. Code: cp ~/.config/xfce4/panel/panels.xml ~/panels.xml.old Now remove the old configuration file. Code: rm ~/.config/xfce4/panel/panels.xml Now restart the panel process, and hopefully fresh panels should appear. Code: xfce4-panel There used to be a bug in Xubuntu that caused the Applications menu to be eaten if you tried to edit it. I don't think this is related, but if you're having that problem too, we can hunt down that bug report for the fix. And welcome! __________________ Ubuntu user #7247 :: Linux user #409907 Motho ke motho ka botho :: Buy old, not new :: Keep your old computer :: Things to do with it

December 4th, 2006	#3
FroStro First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Nov 2006 Beans: 2	Re: Xubuntu 6.06 Desktop Menu Bar and Window Bar gone Simply running 'xfce4-panel' solved the problem. Thanks for the help.

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