Can't costumize gnome panel

**mkljun** · May 21st, 2008

Hi.

Since I upgraded to 8.04 I can't do anything on the Gnome panel. The only two options I get when I right click on any panel are About and Help.

No Properties, no Add, no Remove, ...

Any suggestion what might resolve the problem?

On the Launchpad I found a similar case but the guy wanted to remove the panel but had the same problem as me:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu...question/26740
But I don't want to remove the panel. I just want my properties back

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lp mk

**Forlong** · May 21st, 2008

Are you able to drag and drop icons from the menu to the panel?

**N.N.** · May 21st, 2008

It sounds like your gnome-panel is locked down. You can remedy this from gconf-editor. Start it from the quick launch dialogue (ALT+F2) or from the terminal:

Code:

gconf-editor

Once the editor has opened, navigate to "apps" > "panel" > "global", and uncheck the key called "locked_down".

Alternately, issue the following command in a terminal. (It does the same thing):

Code:

gconftool -t bool -s /apps/panel/global/locked_down false

**mkljun** · May 21st, 2008

Forlong: nope .. I couldn't do anything with the menu.

N.N.: Thank you so much

! That solved the problem. I was searching through keys in gconf-editor but I didn't find a solution.

After changing the key, the panel must be restarted, which can be done with the following command:

Code: