[ubuntu-uk] Loss of 10.04 headers. Thanks Neil and thread closed.

[Michael Daniels]

> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:51:02 +0000
> From: neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Loss of 10.04 headers.
> 
> On 31.10.11 15:58, Michael Daniels wrote:
> >> I searched Google for "ubuntu 10.04 reset gnome panels" (without the
> >> quotes). Near the top of the results, I found a link to an Ubuntu Forums
> >> post[0] that includes a couple of ways to do this, in the terminal. You
> >> might want to copy all the contents of the .gconf directory beforehand
> >> in case it goes wrong or you lose some customisations. Open the terminal
> >> and type (without the quotes):
> >> "cp -a .gconf backup.gconf"
> >> to do this.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Neil.
> >>
> >> [0] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1520623
> >>
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> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
> > 
> > Thanks, Neil, all  correctly displayed if I create a new user, but still
> > have to use Alt F1 on my admin login. Looks like I shall have to look
> > further unless anyone can suggest a quick fix ?
> > 
> > 
> 
> OK, so if the new user was fine, reset the panels for your admin login.
> 
> Look at that forum post I linked too, and it shows 2 ways of doing this.
> One thing I didn't mention is that you need to be logged in as your
> admin user, not the new user.
> 
> After doing the reset, you might have to log out and then back in as the
> admin user, and everything should be reset to the standard layout.
> 
> 
> Let us know if you have any problems.
> 
> Neil.
> 
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Neil, I am pleased to tell you that my headers are back, I used the rm -rf .gconf/apps/panel.  I am still trying to work out how I caused the problem, the fix is carefully filed for future use if needed. Grateful thanks, Neil for your help. 		 	   		  
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