Ubuntu – How to delete/disable GNOME panels? (Existing solutions not working.)

10.10gconfgnome-panel

I would like to remove the GNOME panel completely. I spend most of my time in a (tmux) terminal or a browser. Synapse and a small hidden AWN panel fit the rest of my needs.

I have tried all recommended solutions including this (found it a few places):

How to delete Gnome Panel?

However it always comes back at log in. I have tried changing the required components > panel to avant-whatever as well as to empty. I have tried setting them both as default (right click set as default).

Right now I just have the last panel set to transparent and auto hide, but it still tends to be annoying.

What do I need to do to get rid of this damn thing?

Clarification:

Using gconf-editor, gconftool2, and/or Ubuntu tweak to set /desktop/gnome/session/required_component/panel to avant-window-navigator is not working. The setting stays when I reboot, but the empty gnome panel sticks around.

Best Answer

There's an explanation of how to replace gnome-panel with awn on the AWN FAQ

If you have "Configuration Editor" (AKA gconf-editor) installed, run it and navigate to the key folder /desktop/gnome/session/required_components. Double-click on the key panel in the right-hand pane to edit it, and change the value to "avant-window-navigator" followed by the "OK" button. Alternatively, you can run the following command from the terminal:

gconftool-2 --type=string --set /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/panel 'avant-window-navigator'

I did this on my laptop the other day and it worked fine. As a side note, to bring gnome-panel back:

gconftool-2 --type=string --set /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/panel 'gnome-panel'

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Reset Gnome.

First of all, backup your settings.

mkdir ~/backup_gnome
mkdir ~/backup_gnome/.gnome/
cp -R ~/.gnome/* ~/backup_gnome/.gnome/

Do this with these folders: .gnome, .gnome2, .gconf, .gconfd, .metacity

Another way is to backup ALL of your settings:

mkdir ~/backup_settings
cp -R ~/.* ~/backup_settings/

After making backups, you can delete all gnome settings:

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity

WARNING: If you remove all these folders, you essentially remove all the settings.

After resetting gnome, Logout and Login again (or restart your computer). You panels should be restored, now you can edit them again.

I hope this helped you, but try all the answers before mine, because resetting gnome is like reinstalling gnome.

Daniel

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