OK. I reinstalled 10.04.3. The broken taskbar is present even before the first update. Its broken out of the box.
Here's the gnome error from the first update: Setting up capplets-data (1:2.30.1-0ubuntu2) ... WARNING: Failed to parse default value `[????????? ???????;gnome-appearance-properties.desktop,????????? ???????????? ???????????;gnome-default-applications.desktop,?????????? ??????????;system-config-printer.desktop] ' for schema (/schemas/apps/control-center/cc_actions_list) ** Attachment added: "ubuntu-10-upgrade.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/860114/+attachment/2471191/+files/ubuntu-10-upgrade.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/860114 Title: 10.04.3 (x64): After first update, GNOME taskbar inop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/860114/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs