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aisajib
September 26th, 2010, 05:29 PM
Hi!

I just reinstalled Ubuntu Lucid Lynx and an old problem has come back. For some reason I couldn't fix it even in my previous installation. The problem is the top gnome panel. See the photo below:

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8250/screenshotmn.png

As you can see, the network icon is not shown properly while the Me menu is being shown twice. I can't even restart or log out or shut down at this situation without pressing the keystroke to turn the power off.

How do I fix this?

0N3
September 26th, 2010, 05:47 PM
killall gnome-panel

0N3
September 26th, 2010, 05:48 PM
in a terminal type killall gnome-panel is the me-indicator added twice??

bshosey
September 26th, 2010, 05:54 PM
I have had this problem sens 9.04 I am using 10.10 and this still happens. Not always but about 50/50 percent of the time. I would like to know what is causing this so it can be fixed. I know the killall gnome-panel is the work around but any one know the fix?

aisajib
September 27th, 2010, 10:26 PM
I want to know about it too. It's a pain.

heavy metal
September 28th, 2010, 04:34 AM
I tought it was only me having this issue:)

bshosey
September 28th, 2010, 03:07 PM
No you are not. There has been several post about this sense 9.04. All I have gathered was the work around the killall gnome-panel command.

aisajib
October 1st, 2010, 07:17 PM
Maybe we have to be happy with that only. :(

wojox
October 1st, 2010, 07:23 PM
Maybe we have to be happy with that only. :(

Does resetting do anything?


rm -rf .gconf/apps/panel

Log out and back in.

xzinkx
October 1st, 2010, 07:32 PM
This started happening to me after a recent update within this week. 50% chance of it happening if I turn the laptop on. I just restart the computer again and hope it's normal. I've had updates break so many things in Ubuntu now i'm just considering disabling updates because it's not really worth the hassle of constant terminalling just to fix things that shouldn't have been broken in the first place. :/ . Running 10.04 btw.

aisajib
October 4th, 2010, 12:13 AM
So, you don't download or install system updates? That leaves your computer vulnerable to security threats, I guess.

bshosey
October 15th, 2010, 04:12 PM
Bump

bshosey
October 24th, 2010, 10:21 PM
bump

bshosey
October 30th, 2010, 07:34 PM
bump

bshosey
November 8th, 2010, 11:01 PM
Bump

Jerommel
November 19th, 2010, 01:07 AM
I'll give it a BUMP then.

This kind of problems should be solved !

bshosey
November 29th, 2010, 06:41 PM
I have on 2 systems with proposed updates, 1 system with just the regular updates. And 1 fresh install with no updates. All 4 systems have this problem. I also have 2 desktops that do not have this problem. The two systems with proposed updates have Intel video and Intel wireless. The 1 system that just have the regular updates has an ATI video and Broadcom wireless. The only thing in common with these three that they share are they are Dells and they are laptops. 2 are Latitudes D630s and 1 Inspiron 1720. This happens even when wireless is off. What I think it is causing this is the Network Manager but only with systems that have a wireless card.

So I am bumping again with more info. I really would like this resolved. At first I was thinking not a big deal. But I am to the point I am very annoyed with this. This problem has been from 9.10 and up.

nuwave
January 14th, 2011, 10:19 PM
I've been having this issue also since 9.10 and now it seems to have gotten worse because my panels completely change themes! I keep the regular default theme but at start up it changes to something else like "dust-theme" or something random and it wont change back until I restart or log-off and log-in. I've tried all the above commands and still the problem persists. I am certain an update broke something but I am not sure what's casing the problem and I'm not fully trained to be able to investigate such a thing. So basically I am just at the mercy of a future fix for this issue...

nuwave
January 14th, 2011, 10:21 PM
posting error, my fault sorry...

nuwave
January 14th, 2011, 10:22 PM
posting error, my fault sorry...

nuwave
January 14th, 2011, 10:22 PM
posting error, my fault sorry...