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Re: [Solved] need help - lost all my panels

dummy@example.com (shakebake) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:02:41 +0000

Thanks secipolla!
That did the job.
I'm learning more everyday.

Re: [Solved] need help - lost all my panels

dummy@example.com (secipolla) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:44:32 +0000

xfwm is the window manager, it has nothing to do with the panels.
Maybe the session cache got corrupted.
First try starting the panel with
xfce4-panel &

Anyway, your panel settings are safe in ~/.config
You can also clear the session cache: logout, ctrl+alt+f2, login in the text console and
rm -rf .cache/sessions
then ctrl+alt+f1 (or ctrl+alt+f7, depending on the distribution) and login again.

[Solved] need help - lost all my panels

dummy@example.com (shakebake) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:33:43 +0000

I installed some programs last night and when I booted up this morning I have no panels.
All I have is the desktop with icons on it.
When I opened the terminal and typed xfwm4 --replace
I get xfwm4-WARNING Failed to connect to session manager.

Any help appreciated.