[lug] Gnome hidden panel

[D. Stimits]

David Lewis wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com>
> To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 7:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [lug] Gnome hidden panel
> 
> > > David Lewis wrote:
> > >
> > > I am a newbie to your user group. I had a question and got hold of
> > > your group through the Computer Edge. I installed rehat 7.0 and win
> > > me  on my 586 pc. Whole working in linux I hid the panel in Gnome and
> > > don't know how to make it visible again. Can anyone help me??
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > David B Lewis
> > > dbl at db-enterprises.com
> > > http://www.db-enterprises.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I think the same panel you are talking about can be reached with a right
> > click on the desktop, and choose "Configure Background Image". If this
> > isn't the one, post here again.
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> >
> I tried startx it use to bring up Gnome with no panel. this time  the msgs
> were
>   .Xclients: exec:
> no such file or directory
> waiting for Xserver to shutdown
> 
> I am not sure why startx did not start Gnome this time. I have been doing
> redhat linux 7 getting started guide
> Chapters 16 and 17.
> 
> David <dbl at db-enterprises.com>
> 

There should be a file for RH 7 "Xclients" at /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients;
if it finds that, it should be enough. Generally the .Xclients would be
a per-user file placed in the home directory, and overriding the
system-wide Xclients. Though I notice there are also versions roughly
per window manager in /usr/share/apps/switchdesk/, e.g., Xclients.gnome.
Do you have the Xclients.gnome (and maybe Xclients.toplevel) there?
Also, it would find one missing if it didn't have permission to read it.
If you are running startx other than root, use that non-root user and cd
to /etc/X11/xinit/, see if you can "cat Xclients"; same for
/usr/share/apps/switchdesk/Xclients.gnome and Xclients.toplevel.

FYI, there are a lot of configuration programs that simply overwrite
config files. Especially upon installation of new software. The
/etc/X11/XF86Config file is notorious for getting its font path and some
other parameters replaced while changing something entirely different.