OK, answered my own question, gdmadmin. Interestingly enough, now my desktop appears accessible while the panel, run dialog, etc. are still not. Before, the desktop was also inaccessible.
** Attachment added: "nolan-desktop-lucid-20100414-1.png" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/44162724/nolan-desktop-lucid-20100414-1.png -- Race condition at session startup sometimes prevents applications from being accessible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562776 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