Re: GNOME panel has disappeared ...

[murtuza lokhandwalla <murtuza galcit caltech edu>]

So how did you fix this  ? (I guess increasing the disk space worked).

Murtuza

Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

> Hi,
>
>         Since we're talking about this, I'll describe a
> similar problem I used to encounter.
>
>         I've been running Linux for a few months on an
> almost-full HD. Each time the last available bits were written,
> Netscape would lose rack of its mail history, and the Gnome
> panels would disappear. I think the disk usage prevented saving
> of the panel state : the Gnome panel was still here, but was
> absolutely empty. In case you wonder, empty arrowless panels
> are one or two pixel wide, with a 15-20 pixel length, so
> they're almost impossible to spot unless you know where to look
> for. And since empty is a valid state, it is saved so
> restarting panel is useless.
>
>         So I do agree that's a Gnome GUI problem : empty
> arrowless panels should be made bigger, if you don't want to see
> them you shouldn't lanch them, but if lanched they should be
> easy to spot in all situations. I don't really see the point
> of an « invisible » widjet.
>
> --
> Nicolas