It could be that the other user somehow saved his session with his panels disappeared but didn't save it every time he restored the panels. Unfortunately the bug is from 2006 so I don't think asking is going to provide the answer, so I'm still not sure what to do here.
-- Upper and lower bars sporadically disappear after reboot and have to be restored by command line https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403604 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs