XMAG
June 5th, 2008, 07:05 AM
Hi,
First of all let me way I'm using ubuntu 8.04
I found a website on the internet where it was suggested that I could backup my panels configuration by keping a copy of ~/.gconf/apps/panel
directory. I wanted to try having one panel (like Mint or Windows) so I deleted my upper panel and reconfigured the bottom one. I'm so used to the gnome layout I quickly gave up the idea and wanted my panels back. I have them a bit customized, transparent, with some stuff removed on the bottom one and all my launchers on the top one, so it takes a while configuring all that back (20+ launchers centered on the upper panel) so I deleted the directory referred above and replaced it with a copy of my backup.
As I expected the panels didn't instantly change so I runned "killall gnome-panel" but there was still only one panel. So I thought of changing the runlevel with "sudo init 1" and as root did the same thing again. When I logged in to my account once more I found the panels not as they were before but as they where when I first installed Ubuntu 7.10, so I manually set them as they were before I deleted the top one.
The thing is every time I reboot or log in and out my panels appear as they were at first boot!!! I can't get them configured the way I want anymore because every time I reboot I'll have to do it again and again!
Any ideas why this is happening and how to stop it?
Thanks!
First of all let me way I'm using ubuntu 8.04
I found a website on the internet where it was suggested that I could backup my panels configuration by keping a copy of ~/.gconf/apps/panel
directory. I wanted to try having one panel (like Mint or Windows) so I deleted my upper panel and reconfigured the bottom one. I'm so used to the gnome layout I quickly gave up the idea and wanted my panels back. I have them a bit customized, transparent, with some stuff removed on the bottom one and all my launchers on the top one, so it takes a while configuring all that back (20+ launchers centered on the upper panel) so I deleted the directory referred above and replaced it with a copy of my backup.
As I expected the panels didn't instantly change so I runned "killall gnome-panel" but there was still only one panel. So I thought of changing the runlevel with "sudo init 1" and as root did the same thing again. When I logged in to my account once more I found the panels not as they were before but as they where when I first installed Ubuntu 7.10, so I manually set them as they were before I deleted the top one.
The thing is every time I reboot or log in and out my panels appear as they were at first boot!!! I can't get them configured the way I want anymore because every time I reboot I'll have to do it again and again!
Any ideas why this is happening and how to stop it?
Thanks!