As albert confirmed, when Visual Effects are set to None, the panel is normal. Any other settings cause the panel to not be visible.
Disabling compiz-fusion plugins does not appear to make a difference. -- bottom panel not visible when desktop starts https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147070 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gnome-panel in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs