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