Re: Restore default panel on gnome desktop?
Bryce Stenberg wrote: > > Hi, > > On the weekend I let my daughter (age 6) try her hand at the games > installed with OpenSUSE 10.1. It is running the gnome desktop. Now > somehow she managed to delete all those nice panel items like > Applications – there were two others but I can’t even remember their > names – one let you logout…. I see she still gets her right and left > mouse clicks confused so probably hit the delete context menu item off > the panel. > > Anyway, is there an easy way to get the default panel back again? > > Regards, > > Bryce Stenberg. > ...and after you get it sorted, create her a user account of her very own. You will still have to restore things for her when they get messed up, but a. you can sort it out in your own time b. you can still use the computer until you sort out her account c. she learns the effects of uncontrolled fiddling around It works just great for my 11-year old son who can't stop himself from fiddling. I have set up GDM (Gnome display manager, in effect the graphical login screen) and PAM (pluggable authentication module, I think) so that you do not have to type a password if you login from GDM locally, but you do have to type a password if you login from a console or from a remote X session. The effect is that at GDM you either type a user name or select your photo from the face browser and ... you're in. I am still working on a system of accounts and permissions to solve the digital photo situation (2 shared cameras, everyone wants to see all photos, I don't want anyone to be able to modify or delete the originals), although a recent threads has given some ideas. Stephen === This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. ===
RE: Restore default panel on gnome desktop?
And this looks a good way too, if the add menu bar doesn't do I'll give this a go. Thanks, Bryce. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:03 PM > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: Restore default panel on gnome desktop? > > Hey, > > Bryce Stenberg wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On the weekend I let my daughter (age 6) try her hand at the games > > installed with OpenSUSE 10.1. It is running the gnome desktop. Now > > somehow she managed to delete all those nice panel items like > > Applications - there were two others but I can't even remember their > > names - one let you logout I see she still gets her right and left > > mouse clicks confused so probably hit the delete context menu item off > > the panel. > > > > > > > > Anyway, is there an easy way to get the default panel back again? > > Yeah, there's a couple of ways. The easiest way is probably to bring up a > terminal and type the following into it - > > gconftool-2 --shutdown > rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel > pkill gnome-panel > > and hey-presto, you'll be back from where you started with - with a > *default > panel as shipped with your distribution*. If you made any changes on top > of > that, you'll have to redo them yourself. > > > Glynn
RE: Restore default panel on gnome desktop?
I did try the add to panel, but 'menu bar' - I'll try that one once I get home. Thanks. Bryce. > -Original Message- > From: Roy Britten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:57 PM > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: Restore default panel on gnome desktop? > > On 24/10/06 16:48, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > > On the weekend I let my daughter (age 6) try her hand at the games > > installed with OpenSUSE 10.1. It is running the gnome desktop. Now > > somehow she managed to delete all those nice panel items like > > Applications - there were two others but I can't even remember their > > names - one let you logout I see she still gets her right and left > > mouse clicks confused so probably hit the delete context menu item off > > the panel. > > > > > > > > Anyway, is there an easy way to get the default panel back again? > > You can manually right-click, add to panel, menu bar >"quit... > etc > > Roy.
Re: Restore default panel on gnome desktop?
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:48:22 +1300 Bryce Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > On the weekend I let my daughter (age 6) ... delete all those nice panel > items like > Applications - > > Anyway, is there an easy way to get the default panel back again? > I don't know, but I guess next time you will use linux as it was designed, and make her own user :-)
Re: Restore default panel on gnome desktop?
Hey, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > Hi, > > > > On the weekend I let my daughter (age 6) try her hand at the games > installed with OpenSUSE 10.1. It is running the gnome desktop. Now > somehow she managed to delete all those nice panel items like > Applications – there were two others but I can’t even remember their > names – one let you logout…. I see she still gets her right and left > mouse clicks confused so probably hit the delete context menu item off > the panel. > > > > Anyway, is there an easy way to get the default panel back again? Yeah, there's a couple of ways. The easiest way is probably to bring up a terminal and type the following into it - gconftool-2 --shutdown rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel pkill gnome-panel and hey-presto, you'll be back from where you started with - with a *default panel as shipped with your distribution*. If you made any changes on top of that, you'll have to redo them yourself. Glynn
Re: Restore default panel on gnome desktop?
On 24/10/06 16:48, Bryce Stenberg wrote: > On the weekend I let my daughter (age 6) try her hand at the games > installed with OpenSUSE 10.1. It is running the gnome desktop. Now > somehow she managed to delete all those nice panel items like > Applications - there were two others but I can't even remember their > names - one let you logout I see she still gets her right and left > mouse clicks confused so probably hit the delete context menu item off > the panel. > > > > Anyway, is there an easy way to get the default panel back again? You can manually right-click, add to panel, menu bar "quit... etc Roy.
