chamira
July 23rd, 2014, 07:46 AM
I upgraded to 14.04 from 13.10 yesterday.
When I log in as the main user with the Gnome shell GNOME Flashback (Metacity) I see some desktop icons but both the top panel with my application icons and the task bar at the bottom of the screen are missing.
If I log in as Guest user both the top and the bottom bars appear - top bar of course is blank as I am a Guest.
I have reset the Gnome panel as described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2220264 ( My Trusty Flashback w/Metacity tweaks and challenges ).
Only the following code brought the panels back.But, the top panel is empty of icons AND this is not a permanent fix. When I log out and in, again the panels are missing:
XDG_MENU_PREFIX="gnome-flashback-" gnome-panel --replace &
Also, when I run that code I also get an error, I am not sure if this is relevant:
In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed
(I could not get a terminal to open using the keyboard shortcuts, so I logged in to Unity, created a desktop icon for the terminal and logged back in to Gnome shell)
Has anyone found a permanent solution for this? Is it an Ubuntu or a Gnome Panel bug?
As much as I like Unity, I can work much faster on the Gnome shell and I would love to have this back again working.
When I log in as the main user with the Gnome shell GNOME Flashback (Metacity) I see some desktop icons but both the top panel with my application icons and the task bar at the bottom of the screen are missing.
If I log in as Guest user both the top and the bottom bars appear - top bar of course is blank as I am a Guest.
I have reset the Gnome panel as described here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2220264 ( My Trusty Flashback w/Metacity tweaks and challenges ).
Only the following code brought the panels back.But, the top panel is empty of icons AND this is not a permanent fix. When I log out and in, again the panels are missing:
XDG_MENU_PREFIX="gnome-flashback-" gnome-panel --replace &
Also, when I run that code I also get an error, I am not sure if this is relevant:
In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed
(I could not get a terminal to open using the keyboard shortcuts, so I logged in to Unity, created a desktop icon for the terminal and logged back in to Gnome shell)
Has anyone found a permanent solution for this? Is it an Ubuntu or a Gnome Panel bug?
As much as I like Unity, I can work much faster on the Gnome shell and I would love to have this back again working.