Bug#293254: gnome-panel crashed, and became partly non-functional on next incantations

[Guaka]

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.8.2-1
Severity: normal


gnome-panel crashed, and came back automatically.  But then, all the
applets were gone and only the app bar was working. The "Applications"
and "Actions" buttons are non-functional. And I can't add applets.

The weird thing is that I encountered the same problem on another box
earlier tonight. (Otherwise I probably wouldn't have taken the time to
report this.)

I've tried deleting all ~/.g*/*panel* stuff, to no avail.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-ck3
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8@euro (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center     1:2.8.1-3       The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii  gnome-desktop-data       2.8.1-2         Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-panel-data         2.8.2-1         Common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii  gnome-session            2.8.1-5         The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2             2.3.16-6        Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.8.0-4         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0             2.8.0-4         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0           2.8.0-2         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                    2.3.2.ds1-20    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libecal6                 1.0.3-2         Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver3          1.0.3-2         Utily library for evolution data s
ii  libgconf2-4              2.8.1-4         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.4.1-1       Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.6.1-2         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2       2.8.1-2         Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0              2.8.0-6         The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0        2.8.0-1         A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0             2.8.0-3         The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0           2.8.3-8         The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.4.14-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2                1:2.10.2-1.1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0       2.8.2-1         Library for GNOME 2 Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.6.0-3         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0               1.2.8rel-1      PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                 1.7-5           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                   4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notification0 0.7-1           library for program launch feedbac
ii  libwnck4                 2.8.1-3         Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2                  2.6.11-5        GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                    4.3.0.dfsg.1-10 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.2-3       compression library - runtime

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