Help...I have no panels

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Albert Wagner <albertwagner at cox.net> wrote:
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> there is no process named xorg

I believe the one you want is running X, aka /usr/bin/X, or the
gdm-binary (GNOME Display Manager).

> I am running on 10.10.  Does that make a difference?

Shouldn't.

> Note that in my reply above, marked "resolved", I did manage to get my
> panels back.  Now I just discovered that all of the items in the Places menu
> on the top panel display a terminal now, rather than the appropriate folder
> (with the exception of Computer).

I don't use the trinity (Applications-Places-System) applet, I prefer
the main menu by itself - less space in the panel and one button
instead of three.  Guess I'm monobuttonistic....