Can't add applets to panel in 10.04 :-(

[Josef Wolf]

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 09:33:46AM +0000, Robert Spanjaard wrote:
> On Sat, 15 May 2010 11:21:41 +0200, Josef Wolf wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 09:08:10AM +0000, Robert Spanjaard wrote:
> >> On Sat, 15 May 2010 10:54:52 +0200, Josef Wolf wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Hello,
> >> > 
> >> > When I log into my freshly installed 10.04, I get two panels but am
> >> > missing lots of applets which were existing in 9.10. In fact, only
> >> > the menus on the left side exist. all the applets which were on the
> >> > right side of the panels like the volume/wlan/battery/logout/clock
> >> > applets are gone. I tired to add them manually via right-click and
> >> > then choosing "add to panel" menu, but no matter which applet I
> >> > choose to add, nothing happens. The "add" button only shows the
> >> > visual effect that it was pressed, but none of the applets is
> >> > actually added to the panel.
> >> > 
> >> > With such a panel, I am even not able to log off properly, since
> >> > there is non logoff/shutdown knob in the panel.
> >> > 
> >> > Any ideas other than going back to 9.10?
> >> 
> >> Can you delete the panel? If that option is not greyed out, there must
> >> be another panel somewhere. Maybe the applets are added to that hidden
> >> panel.
> > 
> > Well, in fact, there _are_ two panels , one at the top (containing the
> > menus) and one at the bottom. Both panels were created at install, as it
> > was in 9.10. But I can't add anything to both panles. I deleted now the
> > bottom panel and can still not add anything to the top panel. Now, how
> > would I recreate a new panel?
> 
> Right-click on the top panel, and select "New Panel".

Doesn't work also. And there are two more defects:

 - I can not move the panel to another border, which worked fine in 9.10.
 - The panel goes only about 60% of the screen width although I have clicked
   that is should run for the whole screen width.

Seems like there's something really messed up here. But this is a fresh
install. In the first install, even the menus with the applications and
settings were missing.