This may be too simple but do you have the "auto hide" feature turned
on for your taskbar and menubar?
vern
Jay Summet wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> The following has happened to me three times now, intermitantly.
>
> I'll come back to my computer after my screensaver has been on (Kmatrix.kss)
> and type my password. The SS goes away, and I get my desktop with whatever
> programs were on it, BUT, there is no taskbar & menubar from KDE (without the
> task bar I can not "un-iconofy" minimized programs, and without the menubar the
> only way I can start applications is to use the ALT-F2 command run window.
>
> I generally kill off my Xserver at this point and log back in. However, I was
> wondering if there was an easier way (like perhaps running an xterm with
> the ALT-F2 trick, and then starting whatever process is supposed to be making
> my taskbar/menubar).
>
> Anybody know why this is happening? Suggestions on what to try when it does?
>
> I'm running a perty standard Mandrake 7.0-2 install.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay Summet
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