View Full Version : [SOLVED] remove all gnome panels
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 02:57 AM
Hello all! I'm trying to delete all gnome panels, following the method of deleting the panel value from gconf-editor->desktop->gnome->session->required_components. It doesn't work... I've made it successfully at the past several times, but now for some reason it doesn't work.
If it means something, when I'm killing gnome-panel process from system monitor it immediately restarts...
i miss something?
kerry_s
September 13th, 2010, 03:36 AM
try logging out & back in
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 04:09 AM
try logging out & back in
thanks for the reply, but I've already done it. I also want to note that i would prefer to remove the panels with the method i mentioned above. I don't want to remove the gnome-panel package for example...
stinkeye
September 13th, 2010, 04:19 AM
Try removing panel from gconf-editor > /desktop/gnome/session/required_components_list
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 04:25 AM
Try removing panel from gconf-editor > /desktop/gnome/session/required_components_list
Is it easy to restore it if i remove it from there? Can you give me an idea of what I'll have to do to restore it, if you know?
stinkeye
September 13th, 2010, 04:33 AM
Is it easy to restore it if i remove it from there? Can you give me an idea of what I'll have to do to restore it, if you know?
When you double click in the value field you get a dialogue window.
Just remove panel.
Take a screenshot, before you remove, if you like to restore back to how it was.
Your panel preferences will remain so if you restore the panel it will look the same as before you removed it.
kgas
September 13th, 2010, 04:41 AM
if iirc you can not remove both the panels but you can hide them. see this (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4021498) thread.
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 04:43 AM
When you double click in the value field you get a dialogue window.
Just remove panel.
you mean that (http://tinypic.com/r/29zzcp5/7)...?
Try removing panel from gconf-editor > /desktop/gnome/session/required_components_list
you mean that (http://tinypic.com/r/33b2wow/7)?
Anyway i tried both and no result...
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 04:44 AM
if iirc you can not remove both the panels but you can hide them. see this (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4021498) thread.
What is iirc? I don't want to hide them, i want to completely remove them. Thank you for the help!
stinkeye
September 13th, 2010, 04:51 AM
Anyway i tried both and no result...
The only reason I can think of that it's not working is in
startup applications > options
you have enabled
Automatically remember running applications when logging out
Are logging out then in?
msrinath80
September 13th, 2010, 04:54 AM
you mean that (http://tinypic.com/r/29zzcp5/7)...?
you mean that (http://tinypic.com/r/33b2wow/7)?
Anyway i tried both and no result...
No he DID NOT mean that. He meant this: http://i53.tinypic.com/2cmq8ti.png
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 04:57 AM
The only reason I can think of that it's not working is in
startup applications > options
you have enabled
Automatically remember running applications when logging out
No it's not enabled. As i told at my first post, when i kill gnome-panel process it restarts. Why is that happening? Until yesterday i had all panels removed and for some reason i restored them... Something changed since yesterday and i can't remove again
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 04:57 AM
No he DID NOT mean that. He meant this: http://i53.tinypic.com/2cmq8ti.png
ok, did that too, as i said...
msrinath80
September 13th, 2010, 04:58 AM
restart
stinkeye
September 13th, 2010, 05:00 AM
Did you put gnome-panel in startup applications?
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 05:00 AM
restart
I don't think it's something so obvious... I've removed my panels several times before.
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 05:01 AM
Did you put gnome-panel in startup applications?
nope
kerry_s
September 13th, 2010, 05:19 AM
i don't know, when i did mine all i did was remove that 1 "gnome-panel" & log out & back in.(see pic)
are you removing it for a dock? you can put the name of the dock in it's place. remember just "right click-> unset" if you ever need to return it to default.
nothingspecial
September 13th, 2010, 10:37 AM
This will work
sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-panel ~/.panel
This will move the binary that gnome uses to run your panel from where gnome thinks it is to a hidden file in your home directory called .panel
It will not be able to run because it is not there.
If you want it back
sudo mv ~/.panel /usr/bin/gnome-panel
That will put it back.
You will not be able to use Alt F1 or Alt F2
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 02:31 PM
i don't know, when i did mine all i did was remove that 1 "gnome-panel" & log out & back in.(see pic)
are you removing it for a dock? you can put the name of the dock in it's place. remember just "right click-> unset" if you ever need to return it to default.
I've tried that too. I replaced "gnome-panel" with avant-window-navigator" and nothing happened...
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 02:36 PM
This will work
sudo mv /usr/bin/gnome-panel ~/.panel
This will move the binary that gnome uses to run your panel from where gnome thinks it is to a hidden file in your home directory called .panel
It will not be able to run because it is not there.
If you want it back
sudo mv ~/.panel /usr/bin/gnome-panel
That will put it back.
You will not be able to use Alt F1 or Alt F2
As far as i know the first update of something i don't remember now will restore the panel, if I've removed them with this method. Have you tried that, is it true?
I've replaced Alt+F2 with gnome-do;)
nothingspecial
September 13th, 2010, 02:38 PM
As far as i know the first update of something i don't remember now will restore the panel, if I've removed them with this method. Have you tried that, is it true?
I've replaced Alt+F2 with gnome-do;)
It works, I do it all the time.
nick_goodfate
September 13th, 2010, 05:53 PM
Thank you all for your help!
It works, I do it all the time.
Yes it works nothingspecial, thank you!
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