Pretty sure the gnome panels are kept in gconf.  You could use a GUI (gconf-editor), or I guess toast the whole directory and restore defaults when you login again and it's recreated :)

~/.gconf/apps/panel/ and subdirs and the file names are %gconf.xml

Good luck.  It's pretty simple once you start pulling the files apart, but that doesn't mean it's not cludgy, complex, and c...horrifying.

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 5:42 PM, <vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
I have encountered a problem where some buttons on my Gnome desktop panels, and finally the panels themselves, have disappeared.  I can get some stuff done from the command line, but I'm pretty crippled ... had to create another account on my box to get a fresh desktop!

I upgraded to Hardy Heron with the idea that it might re-populate the buttons, but no such luck.

I tried diff-ing some of the Gnome-related setup files in my home directory, against those of the newly created account, and did not find anything helpful.

So:

Q1:  How do I create a panel when there are no panels to start from?

Q2:  Where does Gnome put this stuff, so I can tuck away a copy to reload from?

Thanks,

Victor
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