This was an intentional decision of the Ubuntu Desktop Team to package gnome-panel without all of the Ubuntu-specific patches. What you see is basically what GNOME ships (although GNOME uses a different theme).
** Summary changed: - Missing Trash and Show Desktop icon + Missing Firefox, Trash and Show Desktop icon ** Changed in: gnome-session (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/846378 Title: Missing Firefox, Trash and Show Desktop icon Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: In gnome-panel on 11.10 Oneiric, the Show Desktop and Trash icons are missing missing from the bottom panel. Also the Firefox and Help icon are missing from the top panel. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/846378/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp