Ubuntu – how to reset gnome panel

gnome-panel

I think my gnome-panel is messed up because I alt+right click it and nothing pops up. I'm on 12.04, classic gnome desktop.

so I used locate and found gnome-panel in .gconf somewhere, how do I clear just gnome-panel's settings so that I can add things to my panel again?

edit:

matt: ~/.gconf $ find|grep -iw panel
./desktop/ibus/panel
./desktop/ibus/panel/%gconf.xml
./apps/gnome-settings/gnome-panel
./apps/gnome-settings/gnome-panel/%gconf.xml

Best Answer

Config reset

This worked for me in GNOME Classic on 12.04 to reset the gnome-panel configuration:

dconf reset -f /org/gnome/gnome-panel/
killall gnome-panel

Run the commands in a terminal or with Alt-F2.

Popup menu

Try Win-Alt-rightclick to get the popup menu.

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