Bottom Icon bar disappears.--solved

[kenneth marken]

On 04. nov. 2011 18:26, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 12:18 -0400, john Culleton wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Couldn't you have just selected "Run program" from the Main menu and
> then save session on logout?
>
> Seem that would have solved your running issue.
>
a ctrl-z followed by bg and disown would have freed the panel process 
from that terminal session as well.