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I am running Ubuntu 14.04 gnome. To make it more classic I installed the gnome-session-fallback. It worked fine, but accidentally I deleted the top panel. When I search for a solution, answers from Ubuntu 7-8 come up like this Re-add the default top panel

However, it does not work for me as there is no ~/.gconf/apps/panel I believe this is because the panel is not native to the system, rather it is through gnome-session-fallback. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling gnome-session-fallback, but it did not work. I am trying to find the files that I can reset to get my top panel back to default.

Also, if it helps, the panel is fine if I log in as another user, so the setting files probably are in the home drive (I guess). Any ideas?

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I finally figured out that the file containing information on panels etc. is ~/.config/dconf/user So I just copied this file from another user and the panels are back to default ones.

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RUn the command:

gnome-panel --replace

man gnome-panel

DESCRIPTION
       The gnome-panel program provides the panels of the the GNOME desktop.

       The  panels  are  the  areas  on  the desktop that contain, among other
       items, the applications menu, application launchers,  the  notification
       area and the window list.

       Small  applications  called applets can also be embedded in the panels.
       The applets usually provide quick access to specific features.

OPTIONS
       --replace
              Replace an already running panel.
Maythux
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  • Doesn't work for me. Running that command gave me an error related to the executable gnome-panel. I'm lost. Any other ideas? I feel if I can delete the files that come with gnome-session-fallback and reinstall it, that should fix the issue. But what files I should delete, I am not sure. – Ankush Jun 01 '15 at 06:40
  • please list down the error result from the command gnome-panel --replace – Maythux Jun 01 '15 at 07:44
  • There are multiple errors: (gnome-panel:10005): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.40.2/./gobject/gsignal.c:2462: signal 'size_request' is invalid for instance '0x28f7df0' of type 'GtkLabel', *** BUG ***In pixman_region32_init_rect: Invalid rectangle passed Set a breakpoint on '_pixman_log_error' to debug and once I got a segmentation fault and the panels completely disappeared. – Ankush Jun 01 '15 at 08:06