Bottom Menu Bar Doesn't Show Minimised Programs

How to restore gnome panels and toolbars disappered on Ubuntu

A) When you see the clean desktop without toolbar:
- press ALT+F2 a little window will come in front of you
- ins this window field type:

gnome-terminal

Then press enter a terminal window will come in front of you:

type (a single row a time then press enter) :

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel;
rm -rf $HOME/.gconf/apps/panel;
pkill gnome-panel

B) if you cannot get access to terminal using method A then:
- press ctrl + alt + F2 you will get a pseudo terminal black screen in front of you
- Make login with your user and password (when you type the password you will not see any screen chars, so type in then press enter)
- then when you get access, type (a single row a time then press enter) :

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel;
rm -rf $HOME/.gconf/apps/panel;
pkill gnome-panel

Then press ctrl + alt + F7 to return to your desktop

Hope this helps

Errr...

I did this. It removed the lower menu bar altogether and cleared the
upper menu bar of both items I had placed there and the preconfigured
stuff like Firefox. Not what i wanted at all.

On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 07:42 +0000, marcobra (Marco Braida) wrote:
> Your question #114534 on gnome-panel in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+question/114534
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) proposed the following answer:
> How to restore gnome panels and toolbars disappered on Ubuntu
>
> A) When you see the clean desktop without toolbar:
> - press ALT+F2 a little window will come in front of you
> - ins this window field type:
>
> gnome-terminal
>
> Then press enter a terminal window will come in front of you:
>
> type (a single row a time then press enter) :
>
> gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel;
> rm -rf $HOME/.gconf/apps/panel;
> pkill gnome-panel
>
> B) if you cannot get access to terminal using method A then:
> - press ctrl + alt + F2 you will get a pseudo terminal black screen in front of you
> - Make login with your user and password (when you type the password you will not see any screen chars, so type in then press enter)
> - then when you get access, type (a single row a time then press enter) :
>
> gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel;
> rm -rf $HOME/.gconf/apps/panel;
> pkill gnome-panel
>
> Then press ctrl + alt + F7 to return to your desktop
>
> Hope this helps
>

Just noticed that minimised programs now appear on the top menu bar,
rather than the bottom one...

On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 07:42 +0000, marcobra (Marco Braida) wrote:
> Your question #114534 on gnome-panel in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+question/114534
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> marcobra (Marco Braida) proposed the following answer:
> How to restore gnome panels and toolbars disappered on Ubuntu
>
> A) When you see the clean desktop without toolbar:
> - press ALT+F2 a little window will come in front of you
> - ins this window field type:
>
> gnome-terminal
>
> Then press enter a terminal window will come in front of you:
>
> type (a single row a time then press enter) :
>
> gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel;
> rm -rf $HOME/.gconf/apps/panel;
> pkill gnome-panel
>
> B) if you cannot get access to terminal using method A then:
> - press ctrl + alt + F2 you will get a pseudo terminal black screen in front of you
> - Make login with your user and password (when you type the password you will not see any screen chars, so type in then press enter)
> - then when you get access, type (a single row a time then press enter) :
>
> gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel;
> rm -rf $HOME/.gconf/apps/panel;
> pkill gnome-panel
>
> Then press ctrl + alt + F7 to return to your desktop
>
> Hope this helps
>

No ned for all that, just right click the panel -> Add item

Then add "Windows List", The buttons will then appear

If you remove the windows list item from the top and add it to the bottom it should be ok.Personally I remove the bottom bar. Right click the top bar -> properties and move the bar to the bottom.

OK thats fine.
One last question if I may.

I can't get the "Places" menu back onto my top menu bar.
The Application Launcher doesn't offer it as an option.
How do I do that?

On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 14:24 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #114534 on gnome-panel in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+question/114534
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> If you remove the windows list item from the top and add it to the
> bottom it should be ok.Personally I remove the bottom bar. Right click
> the top bar -> properties and move the bar to the bottom.
>

All sorted.
Thanks guys,