Sebastien, this is a real and perfectly valid issue. You can't just "not
use" gnome-panel; it is integrated into the desktop experience and
provides no way to remove it from startup since it isn't explicitly
there in the first place. This issue is if you don't want to use it,
there is no apparent way to do this, although the intuitive way would be
to just remove the last panel like any other panel. The bug, as such, is
that you can't remove the last panel like any other panel.
Typically you have to resort to a dirty hack or two to stop gnome-panel
from starting, and we are quite familiar with this in the AWN world.
This is definitely a common issue with users using docks such as AWN who
no longer have a need for any panels but lack a simple or clean way to
remove them.
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- can't use an empty configuration
+ Can't remove all (last) gnome-panel panels
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: gnome-panel
- Since I want to use awn instead of gnome-panel I'd like to remove all
- gnome-panel panels. However when attempting to remove the last panel,
- the menu item is greyed out.
+ Users are able to right click on panels of gnome-panel and select
+ "Delete This Panel". However when there is only one panel remaining,
+ this option is grayed out. This wouldn't be a problem if gnome-panel was
+ an entry in sessions that could simply be disabled/removed to stop it
+ from starting up, but this isn't the case.
+
+ Many users of docks such as AWN have no need for gnome-panel but must
+ resort to dirty hacks to stop it from running (such as renaming /usr/bin
+ /gnome-panel, which causes upgrade problems among others).
+
+ The cleanest solution would just be to allow the user to remove any
+ gnome-panel, whether or not it is the last. Ideally this would still
+ allow the Alt+F2 launcher to work which is bundled with gnome-panel, but
+ a simple way to stop gnome-panel from starting would suffice.
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Can't remove all (last) gnome-panel panels
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/283896
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