On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 09:28 -0400, Bill Perkins wrote: > Laurence wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I have a problem with gnome-panel, I get an error message box displayed > > that says "I've detected a panel already running, and will now exit". > > If I click "OK" in this box it goes away, but immediatly reappears. > > I have tried restarting X and even rebooting the machine, but each time > > this box comes back. I have the panel running ok, but get this box in > > addition. In my attempts to clear this problem I have now ended up with > > 3 of these error message boxes all of which I can't get rid of!! > > > > > > HELPPPP!!! > > > > > > Laurence > > > > I would switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1), login as root, and type in > ps -ax | grep gnome-panel > and see how many copies of gnome-panel are running (do this before > logging in to X). If there is more than one copy running, somebody may > have been monkeying around with the startup files in /etc (/etc/rc.*) or > possibly in /etc/inittab. > Hi there are no copies running prior to starting X and login on. They seem to start when the session begins, but once started then restart each time they are killed or when the error message is responded to Laurence
