This happens to me as well, most recently when switching from non composited to composited desktop using gnome-appearance-properties.
Running `gnome-panel` gives "Cannot register the panel shell: there is already one running.". Workaround: `nohup gnome-panel &` -- gnome-panel keeps disappearing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
