[xubuntu-users] Application button vanished

[Ralf Meyer]

Am Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:19:05 -0600
schrieb Skip Evans <skip at bigskypenguin.com>:

> However, they called yesterday and it appears that 
> the Applications button in the top left has gone 
> missing!
> 
> They can only open Firefox from there, and even 
> right-clicking on the desktop does not bring up 
> the usual applications menu.
> 
> How can I get it back?

I just tried that. First I looked for the menu
$ ps ax | grep menu
 6101 ?        S
0:00 /usr/lib/xfdesktop4/xfce4/panel-plugins/xfce4-menu-plugin
socket_id 20971553 name xfce4-menu id 1 display_name Applications size
34 screen_position 1

then I killed it:
$ killall xfce4-menu-plugin

I could then still right-click on the upper panel and add the "Xfce
menu" back. 

> I suppose I'll have to reboot in a single user 
> mode and then find the config for it? 

I like having a second user handy for similar oopses. Should be in the
admin group and have a strong password.

> Right now 
> there is not even any way to open a shell.

There are 6 by default: press <Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6>

-- 
bye
	ranf

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