Comment 40 for bug 349237

I've got the same problem on 10.04. I chose not deleting this and after logging in I have empty desktop, no icons, no panels.

workaround is:
killall gnome-panel, but it is annoying.

Jeff,
> It's done this a couple times though, so re-adding the app wasn't a permanent fix.
what YOu mean, did YOur "add to panel" trick help or not?