Hi, Looks like it's working properly now. There was a new Compiz Fusion build, and I installed that and my taskbar's back again. Thanks for the help James and Michael. Cheers, Norman <div>On 8/29/07, Michael Clayfield <<a href="mailto:michaelc@granths.sa.edu.au">michaelc@granths.sa.edu.au</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,     After logining in and out again does the panel reappear? also when it does dissapear, try pressing alt+F2 and typing in 'kicker' then hitting enter, this should load the taskbar up again. Michael. Norman Ma wrote: > Hello, > > Sorry about that. I'm running pretty much a fresh Kubuntu > installation, except for Compiz Fusion as mentioned before, and Pidgin > (downloaded from GetDeb). > > I don't think I did anything in particular that could have made my > panel disappear. I was browsing the net in Firefox, and had Pidgin and > Amarok running in the background. I minimised Firefox, then sort of > clicked on the desktop and the panel suddenly disappeared. Strange, > because I've never seen this thing happen before. > > I installed GNOME by opening up a terminal, and everything works from > there. > > Cheers, > > Norman Ma > > On 8/28/07, *James Takac* < <a href="mailto:p3nndrag0n@gmail.com">p3nndrag0n@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:p3nndrag0n@gmail.com"> p3nndrag0n@gmail.com</a>>> wrote: > >     On Tuesday 28 August 2007 21:05:09 Norman Ma wrote: >     > Hi all, >     > >     > I logged onto my computer today to realise my KDE panel, with my >     taskbar >     > and application icons, has gone missing. It's not really >     interfering with >     > my work much, since I alt-tab around anyway, and I can run >     programs from >     > command, but it is bugging me and I can't think of any way to >     get it back. >     > Any ideas? >     > >     > Could it have something to do with my running Compiz Fusion? >     > >     > Cheers, >     > >     > Norman Ma > >     Hi Noman > >     Apart from working out that you're likely using the kde destop >     (aka kubuntu), >     you give us little to work with. What happened prior to your current >     predicament? Mabe it's software related but we're not given any >     clues. Any >     clues you can give us  will be helpfull. Compiz fusion? I don't >     know enuf to >     coment on that. Was there anything else u installed b4 this prob >     surfaced? >     Not trying to throw out current ideas, rather trying to find ount >     what has >     happend. Maybe I can help. Maybe someone else can. Either way. The >     more info >     ewe get, the better the chances > >     James > >     -- >     ubuntu-au mailing list >     <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> >     <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au</a> </blockquote></div>