blank panel

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Gavin Chester schreef:
> I have a small (4 terminal) terminal server setup with all thin-client
> users running Xfce4.
> 
> One of the users "claimed" they simply changed their wallpaper, but in
> the process their panel is present only as a grey bar devoid of any
> icons or other features - not even the end bars.  We don't have the
> session manager running so they don't get the option to save their
> settings on logging off.  Items like wallpaper changes are saved, but
> not the apps that are open, so that says to me that the session is not
> being saved. 
> 
> I've killed X on their session (ctl+alt+bckspc) and got them to log in
> again, and I've killed the panel as a process when running under their
> name (as root), and I've even rebooted their terminal.  BTW: that shows
> that the panel _is_ running when they are logged in.  In no case does
> the panel seem to come back as anything resembling "a panel" _except_ I
> saw the date/time plugin come back after the first restart, only.  Any
> clues welcome :-/    
> 

This sounds like a plugin may be blocking the panel, usually when one is 
trying to contact a network. Candidates are the mail checker and the 
weather plugin. You could try checking the 
~/.config/xfce4/panel/contents.xml (when the panel is not running) and 
removing the relevant sections.

	Jasper