Bottom Icon bar disappears.--solved

[john Culleton]

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:49:54 -0400
john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 11:26:39 -0400
> john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:39:49 +0100
> > Harald Judt <h.judt at gmx.at> wrote:
> > 
> > > Am 04.11.2011 15:36, schrieb john Culleton:
> > > > On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 09:41:14 -0400
> > > > john Culleton<John at wexfordpress.com>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The bottom icon bar, kicker menu and all, has disappeared. What
> > > >> place do I go to recreate it?
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Loged out and then in and the bottom bar reappeared. Restarted
> > > > and it disappeared.
> > > >
> > > > Wierd.
> > > 
> > > I observe that sometimes, too, mostly on log in. Although it
> > > happens very seldom. Seems to be some bug.
> > > 
> > > Harald
> > > 
> > 
> > On further research it may be the autohide feature. But how does one
> > reverse the process? 
> > 
> > 
> OK ran xfce4-panel from a terminal window and the panel reappeared.
> 
> 

I opened a window and ran xfce4-panel. The panel appeared.
However the panel at this point is dependent on that window. 
Went to Settings->Session and Startup
Checked "Automatically save session on Logout"
Signed off from the session. 

Now the panel appears every time. And I know how to fix it if it
doesn't. 



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