After updating my (stable and up-to-date) system, GNOME does not show the panel at the top and the bottom of the desktop any more. It still shows the desktop and the icons on it. xorg.log does not show any Error. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.update the system (I use only stable packages) 2.start gnome 3. Actual Results: see Details. Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 26 2005, 02:55:22)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.8.5-r3, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r7 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dfx 3dnow 3dnowex X aac acpi acpi4linux alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo bootsplash cdrom crypt cups curl directfb divx4linux emboss encode esd fam fbcon ffmpeg fontserver foomaticdb fortran gcj gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib imlib2 java javascript jpeg jpeg2k latex libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses network nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl php png pnp povray ppds python quicktime readline remote samba sdl spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l v4l2 vcd vnc wmf xinerama xml2 xmms xv xvid xvmc zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
is gnome-panel running and just not displaying anything? what happens when you manually run gnome-panel? Is gnome-panel set to start when the session does?
starting gnome-panel from a terminal-window in gnome and than restart the Xserver fixed it.
