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Question: Lost taskbar on acer aspire one netbook. how do i get it back?

(Posted by: smitino on 2010-02-28 06:47:59)

The bottom bar on the linux desktop has disappeared (showing wireless connection, battery level, volume e.t.c.) and there is now a grey box with a star shape on the desktop saying that a new item has not been configured yet. also will not connect to the internet Any ideas? it is linux not windows

Posted by: Tired Trucker on 2010-02-28, 07:18:57

Press ALT+ F2 and in the run dialog box, type gnome-terminal then click on Run. Once the Terminal window opens, enter the following command at the prompt: gconftool – -recursive-unset / apps/ panel Then enter the next command: rm -rf ~/ .gconf/ apps/ panel And enter one more command: pkill gnome-panel That's it! Both top and bottom panels will appear (if missing) with their default settings.