Just to confirm #39: I'm also using (L)Ubuntu 12.10 (I installed Lubuntu 12.10 from cd, then I installed the package 'ubuntu-desktop' afterwards), and this bug is still present. Running 'lxpanelctl run' in a terminal just exists, without any error messages. Thus, 'Alt+F2' currently doesn't work ...
Just to confirm #39: I'm also using (L)Ubuntu 12.10 (I installed Lubuntu 12.10 from cd, then I installed the package 'ubuntu-desktop' afterwards), and this bug is still present. Running 'lxpanelctl run' in a terminal just exists, without any error messages. Thus, 'Alt+F2' currently doesn't work ...