<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.24.1.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> George, Unfortunately, this is a known (intermittent) bug in XFCE, and this might happen to you again sometime. I have a get-around where I add the 'xfce4-panel' command in the autostarted apps (Applications->Settings->Settings Manager->Autostarted Apps).  This has prevented the problem from re-occuring on any of my PCs. (Maybe I should change the command to 'xfce4-panel --restart' ?) Regards, David On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 06:40 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:31:46 -0500 "Dagenais Georges" <<A HREF="mailto:Georges.Dagenais@loto-quebec.com">Georges.Dagenais@loto-quebec.com</A>> wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Xubuntu 8.10 this weekend (2 times) and after a few tests > and my kids fiddling around with it, I noticed that my user env > (admin) has lost its XFCE deskbars (top and bottom). > Also, I made a mistake and checked the automatic login using my user > upon initial config. Now I would rather have every one login at > startup. > > > My problems are : I cannot find the way to re-instate my deskbars and > undo the automatic login so that the user passw screen appears on boot > up. > > I have admin rights to the box but I don't have knowledge of the root > password; i.e. I can't delete my user and try the fix the problem > manually. > > Can anybody help? I already installed the software twice (about 6hrs > with updates each time) and would rather not go thru that again > anytime soon. > > Thanks > > Georges Dagenais > To change to manual login: Applications -> Settings -> Login Window Security Tab, uncheck Enable Automatic Login and uncheck Enable Timed Login For the top and bottom panels: 1. While Xfce is running, open a terminal. 2. If you are using Xfce 4.4, type 'xfce4-panel -x' to cause the panel to exit. 3. Start the panel again using 'xfce4-panel --restart' -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [<A HREF="http://counter.li.org/">http://counter.li.org/</A>] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [<A HREF="http://keepingdreams.com">http://keepingdreams.com</A>] </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>