Comment 28 for bug 269027

Sounds like you got the same problem i did when i loaded the latest updates on 4/9. there seems to be something happening with the gnome applets. here is what i had to do to fix , though you might not like the first part. i tried everything first with no luck. Finally reinstalled ubuntu and ran all updates, then after reboot i got the gnome applets error. i did not select the "delete applet from your configuration?", and then reinstalled gnome-applets, gnome-applets-data, and GDM. i then applied the fix from rajeshz and got the ubuntu drum at start up. music to my ears! someone might be able to fix without reinstall, but i got annoyed. I had all my data copied to an external hd so it wasn't that big a deal, just time consuming. hint: reload ubuntu, load all updates and go to bed :-)