Ubuntu
gnome-panel package

Panels and unity don't open automatically at startup

Bug #777817 reported by Trojanfox on 2011-05-05

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-panel (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I just installed Ubuntu 11.04. It reset my computer and when I logged in there were no panels. I cannot access anything.
I have used a work-around up to now by typing unity into terminal, and then by making a desktop launcher to start unity, and then by putting it in start-up applications. It is related to nvidia cards. I would like to just press the start button and have natty come up. This is a bug I can't fix, can u?

delance (olivier-delance) on 2011-05-06

Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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inah afen (dadon4real2001) wrote on 2011-05-16:

i actuall just developed the same problem, it will be nice if someone could fine a solution for this problem

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UeB (moritz-nadler) wrote on 2011-05-23:

hwlog Edit (22.4 KiB, text/plain)

I have the same problem. After upgrading to ubutnu 10.04 after a reboot or startup gnome (not unity) automatically starts but the pannels are just not there.
My workaround at the moment:
start a terminal ( I added a desktop starter for that) and type gnome-panel in there. Then the panels appear and I can do whatever I what with them.

I must say that I do not have an nVidia card but an ATI. I attached the output of lshw

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Victor Engmark (victor-engmark) wrote on 2011-05-31:

Workaround: If you have any folders on the desktop, you can click one of them and navigate to /usr/bin. There launch gnome-panel, and it should show up.