Bug#406403: gnome-panel: Apps, Places, Desktop and right click - do not work

[Armando Romero]

Dear Josselin,

so far I had some success in "seeing" the applications in gnome-panel:

- I was logged in as user A, than I have opened terminal, xhost +, su as
other user (B) in login shell, exported DISPLAY, then I have delete ALL 
hidden directories as user B and run gnome-panel. Suddenly I could see
applications in the menu.

After I logged out and logged in again through gdm into Gnome session as
user B, I could not see the Applications, it was empty. I tried deleting
all hidden directories and running gnome-panel again, but nothing appeared.

Further, I came back as user A into IceWM session, and repeated the same
process, xhost +, su as user B, exported DISPLAY and deleted all hidden
directories as user B and run gnome-panel. NO APPLICATIONS showed.

Then I repeated again, restarted gdm killed all process, also restart
computer, tried again as user B to see the Applications menu but nothing
was there.

Loggin as root or any other user in Gnome does not show Applications menu.

I had some success, after deleting some panel configurations, deleting
.gconfd/saved-state and some accels, basically directories which were
formed when I COULD SEE APPLICATIONS first time I logged in as user B,
then I got panel which I could use, add application, use the right click
and so on.

However, Applications menu is empty. Panel works fine, without applications.


Armando