On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 23:30 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > Every time I log into gnome I get this annoying error: > > > > I've detected a panal already running, and will now exit. > > > > My wife tells me that she gets the same message when she logs into her > > account on this machine. Is there a way to remedy this problem? I > > checked the gentoo-user archives at GMane searching for 'panel', but > > didn't find anything... > > A google search turned up another message: > > > I had this too after I botched a VNC install. I solved it by > > purging /tmp and all the config files in my home directory. There is > > probably a better way but it was a new install and I didn't have my > > files on it anyhow. So try creating a new user with a new home > > directory and see if that fixes things. > > Don't know if that applies to you, though.
I'd really prefer not to wipe the config files in my home directory... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
