gnome-panel : how to get output to debug ?

[Rod Butcher <rbutcher hyenainternet com>]

I've been getting quite a few crashes in gnome-panel 2.11.1
How can I get the output to debug, as its not like an an app that you
execute ? What actually causes gnome-panel to execute and automatically
reload if it crashes ?
thanks
Rod
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