Thanks WSW, it worked! Curiously, the file ~/.gnome2/session was not visible when I was in Safe GNOME mode. Perhaps it's only generated after a regular login. I had to log into a regular session first, to see this file. I also had to do View > Show Hidden Files in the Nautilus File Browser to see the ~/.gnome2 directory at all. I renamed it to ~/.gnome2/session.bak. Then, I restarted X using Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, and logged in to a regular session (i.e. _not_ Safe GNOME). And the problem seems to be gone!
By the way, I had speculated earlier about a relationship between this bug and a closed-source video driver (ATI). This guess may have been wrong. I removed this closed-source video driver using Applications > Add/Remove (and then had to figure out how to manually restore the previous version of /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- but that's another issue). In any event, going back to the Open Source video driver did not help the Gnome Panels issue. In contrast, WSW's solution seems better so far. -- Top and Bottom Screen Panels Stopped Working Properly in Ubuntu Feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109760 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
