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

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Sat, 15 May 2010 12:03:46 +0200, Josef Wolf wrote:

> 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.

Seems like the installation itself isn't very reliable. I had some 
problems on the first attempt too, which disappeared at the second 
attempt.

Maybe the OS should perform some kind of self-check after installation, 
to see if everything is installed as intended.

All I can advise is to try another install, preferably after you checked 
the md5sum of the CD.

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