gnome panel gone no fkeys

[reahjw6]

Hey all
my gnome panel has gone and i can not use the fkeys so cant run altf2.
I believe if i put this into the terminal it will bring back my panel gconftool-2 --shutdown
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
pkill gnome-panel.

How do i get into the terminal to run the code.
Thanks reah.

[gettinoriginal]

Are you sure it is gone, or just hidden. And may I ask why you cannot use the F2 key ??

[reahjw6]

I have no ideas why i can not use the fkeys they have always worked before.
How can i get the panel back if it is hidden.
I still have icons on my desktop just no panel.
Thanks Reah

[reahjw6]

Ok i am an idiot.
Before going out this morning i removed Evolution.
So i ctrl>alt>dlt and went into failsafe gnome terminal installed Evolution then installed gnome-panel and all is now ok.
I thought the best way was to retrace my steps.Fkeys all ok now as well.
Can anyone explain why uninstalling Evolution affected the gnome panel.
Thanks Reah

[gettinoriginal]

Uninstalling Evolution uninstalls Gnome Desktop. For whatever reason, they are tied together within the dependencies.

[reahjw6]

Thanks for explaing that will mark as solved.