It turns out there is a "killall gnome-panel && gnome-panel" in compiz for the fallback (didrocks was kind enough to dig that out). Changing && to ";" fixes the issue nicely and it starts fine again.
-- panel not there after maverick -> natty upgrade with no 3d https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/683531 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
