Another "solution" is to use another desktop environment. GNOME Shell for instance (search the eponymous package in Trisquel's repository).
If you create a new user account (from "User Accounts" in the "System
Settings"), does it suffer from the same problem? Alt+F1 should show you the
menu despite the absence of a panel.
- [Trisquel-users] New to Trisquel - No Gnome panel gnitponsil
- [Trisquel-users] Re : New to Trisquel - No Gnome panel lcerf
- Re: [Trisquel-users] New to Trisquel - No Gnome panel gnitponsil
