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

[NoOp]

On 05/15/2010 04:46 PM, Josef Wolf wrote:
> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:23:47AM -0700, NoOp wrote:
...
>> $ gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
>> $ pkill gnome-panel
> 
> Wow, this actually gives me a working panel! Everything is there. Although I
> haven't done an exhaustive check, everything seems to be where expected at
> least at first glance.
> 
> What gives? Why doesn't ubuntu come out of the box this way?
> 
>> Or, if you prefer basically the same in a gui (but also keep a backup of
>> your original settings):
>> <http://bithacker.posterous.com/restore-the-default-gnome-panels-in-ubuntu-10>
> 
> Hey, this post is about resetting the panel if you messed it up. I'd like to
> stress the fact that I had the broken panel right after a fresh default
> install where I did not even had a chance to mess around with the panel.
> 
> The point is that the system came out-of-the-box with a dead panel for me.
> And this was not by accident, but was reproducible with some 15 installs
> from scratch with both, alternate and desktop CDs.
> 
> Now the question is, what could be the cause for this broken panel.
> 
> But finally, you've found the right track. Thanks for your efforts, NoOp.
> I hope we will be able to track this problem down to its roots.
> 
> So I'm going to do a fresh install now to get a broken panel again. Then I
> backup my home directory and run the above commands. Hopefully the diff
> of the old (broken) homedir and the new one will give some more hints to
> track down the problem.
> 

Glad that works. As for the broken panel on install, I'd start here:

<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bugs?field.searchtext=lucid&orderby=-importance&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>

and I see that you've already been there:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/581046
in looking at your
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/48507150/Dependencies.txt
I see gnome-panel-data but do not see 'gnome-panel'. I wonder if that
might be part of the cause as generally they are installed together.

Any way that you can get to your ~/.xsession-errors file on a borked
install? That may have some clues.