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Well, here we go again! |
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After a _massive_ update of software on my desktop system I'm now running gnome |
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2.14. Gnome is my dm of preference, and I've spent a great deal of time |
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configuring a lot of panels to make everything work the way I want it to, with |
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custom icons and shortcuts to frequently used applications, some of them with |
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pretty complex invocations. |
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Now, after the upgrade, I log in and get an error box titled "Error" (no app |
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spec'd) with the note "I've detected a panel aready running, and will now |
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exit." I kill this and about 9 others follow which must be dismissed in turn, |
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doubtless one for each of the close to a dozen panels I previously had on my |
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desktop. |
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Never do see a panel, and when I'm done dismissing these error boxes, there are |
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none to be seen. There is no way visible to add a panel, or to recover my old |
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ones, or even to exit Gnome gracefully. Ctl-Alt-Backspace is what I have to |
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use. |
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It's enough to make a fellow go out and buy a Mac! Or maybe switch to Ubuntu. |
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Does anyone know how I can recover from this? Or will I just need to move my |
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~/.gnome to ~/.gnome-old, dig through it for the old command invocations, and |
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let Gnome rebuild everything for me from scratch. If so, it'll be the 3rd or |
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4th time I've had to do this. Every time it takes a couple of days out of my |
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work schedule. |
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I really love Linux. One of these years, before I go to the Great Bit Bucket |
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in the Sky, I hope that it's ready for desktop use :-) |
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Lindsay Haisley | "Fighting against human | PGP public key |
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FMP Computer Services | creativity is like | available at |
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512-259-1190 | trying to eradicate | <http://pubkeys.fmp.com> |
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http://www.fmp.com | dandelions" | |
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| (Pamela Jones) | |
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