Mint 9 monitor trouble and panels disappear accidentally

[Francous]

This is great but what if all the panel are gone ? all
I can't open anything ..
My controls were on the second monitor.. thinking if i disable the monitor all controls will then go to the active monitor.. well on linux . nope.. i'm doomed..
So i need a way to open my Nvidia controls and activate my second monitor or add a panel on my active empty monitor.. I hope i made some sens..

Panels are way to easy disappear accidentally and they did on my first minitor..

Thank you for the help you may give me..

[dawgdoc]

Francous,

give this a try.
Push the key combination Alt+F2
in the box that opens, type xterm <enter>
in the terminal that opens

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gksu nvidia-settings

[recent-convert]

I think everyone makes some kind of deleting-panel mistake. I did, my colleague who just got interested in Linux did last week... is this a rite of passage?

[Francous]

Ok here what i did just before i went to usr/app then found the nvidia controls reset my second monitor and saved and at reboot it work.. The Alt/F2 was simpler LOL.. Thanks good to know..
Now my only trouble left is that all my panels are stuck in my second monitor.. how do i do to drag them into my first monitor..

Thanks guys !!

[dawgdoc]

Now my only trouble left is that all my panels are stuck in my second monitor.. how do i do to drag them into my first monitor..
Thanks guys !!

It may be possible that you have incorrect settings and can correct this by changing the monitor settings.

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gksu nvidia-settings

then see which monitor is set as primary and secondary. It may be that your second monitor is now set to be the primary and all you need to do is switch your first monitor to be the primary.

You can also get to the settings from the menu. It's just that unless you make changes as root, the will most likely not be "sticky" once you reboot.

I believe, depending on your settings, that you will only have panels on one monitor. I only once connected a second monitor as a check on my laptops hardware and am away from the house at the moment so I am unable to check.

[Francous]

So my monitor 0 is my main that have no panels and the 1 is the other with all panels.

Having an SLI system the monitors have each a set of desktops. but i can't toggle them from the monitor 0 ofcourse.
If i go to the terminal and reset the panels it will reset only the panels of the monitor 1...

Thank you

[Pilosopong Tasyo]

Not to hijack this thread, just a quick reply to the following post.

I think everyone makes some kind of deleting-panel mistake. I did, my colleague who just got interested in Linux did last week... is this a rite of passage?

I don't think it's a rite of passage, but more of an honest mistake by curious newcomers/Windows defectors eager to play around with the panels. If you find yourself in the habit of moving or deleting applets or panels by mistake but wish them to stay put, you could download a lockdown utility called pessulus. It's in the repositories.

HTH. We now return to your regular scheduled thread

[Francous]

Pilosopong Tasyo not at all off topic, this is good and very true..

Since Apple became worse than M$... Linux's is a window of hope for many!

[dawgdoc]

Francous,

See if this Topic helps.

In the forum I used the search string: panel + monitor

[Francous]

Well i passed .. Got my panels back huurray !

Thanks for the help !
Now i have to figure out the thing to move one windows from my monitor 1 to the number 2, i think it's about Xinerama..