gnome-panel freezes after upgraded

[h.engemann at basicartstudios.de]

Yoann Aubineau wrote:

> Yoann Aubineau a écrit :
>
>> Yoann Aubineau a écrit :
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>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> Today I upgraded gnome-panel to version 2.8.1-ubuntu3. The upgrade 
>>> went seamlessly. However, after reboot the top panel seems now like 
>>> frozen. I mean if I click on it, right or left, nothing happens. 
>>> Moreover, I don't have any applet. I only see the two menus and 
>>> three icons, nothing more. ps shows me the applets running though 
>>> (like applet-clock). As for the bottom panel, it seems to run 
>>> properly, except the task-bar (or whatever you call it) which is 
>>> reduced to half the space it could use.
>>>
>>> Does someone has a solution? or the same problem? Or, how could I 
>>> downgrade to a previous version of gnome-panel?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Yoann
>>>
>>
>> Responding to myself ...
>>
>> Actually, I'm talking about new version 2.8.1-0ubuntu2 (not 
>> 2.8.1-ubuntu3 as I said).
>>
>> I finally found how to downgrade with synaptic and tryed to come back 
>> to 2.8.1-0ubunutu1, but synaptic complains that the corresponding 
>> package cannot be found on the repository.
>>
>> -- Yoann
>
>
> Ok, it's working now. Don't know how, I did so many things
> Thanks ...
>
>
I have also a problem with the new panel,
when i try to start a new gnome session the panel seems to need a minute 
to come up.
on the splash screen no panel icon is displayed.