I Lost My Task Bar

[JerryC58]

I was trying out the xfce desktop yesterday and decided to try and remove the little task bar at the bottom. I feel it is a distraction. In the process I also lost the big task bar at the top. How do I get the top task bar back? With it's original layout? Also, how do I get rid of the little task bar at the bottom? I am not afraid to edit scripts if that is what it takes.

JC

[jahid]

see if this helps:
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1001

[Flemur]

To show a panel:

$ xfce4-panel

Then you can add to it and/or create a new one.

[JerryC58]

I couldn't get the two suggestions to do anything for me, so I thought if I uninstalled xfce and reinstalled it, I might get my menu bar back. I uninstalled a lot of stuff that had xfce in the name. When I try to reinstall mint-meta-xfce, it marks it red and says I have a broken package. What do I do now?

JC

[jahid]

search the broken package in synaptic with the help of "broken" filter and reinstall it.

[JerryC58]

The broken package is mint-meta-xfce so it won't let me install it. Is there someway to replace the whole package?

JC

[jahid]

in the uninstalling process you might have uninstalled some of the important dependencies of mint-meta-xfce. so if it doesn't let you reinstall it then only option is to remove it (completely remove it). then install all of the packages you had uninstalled again.

[JerryC58]

in the uninstalling process you might have uninstalled some of the important dependencies of mint-meta-xfce. so if it doesn't let you reinstall it then only option is to remove it (completely remove it). then install all of the packages you had uninstalled again.

This presents a problem. I agree I've uninstalled something I shouldn't have. I checked "completely remove" on everything so it wouldn't remember the changes to the menu I had made. Now for the confusion. Since I think I have already completely removed everything, what is it I am supposed to completely remove?

JC

[jahid]

try refreshing the repository list once.

[JerryC58]

I tried refreshing the repository list by clicking Edit in the menu then "reload package information". Didn't help.
Also in the Edit menu, I found "Fix Broken Packages". So I marked mint-meta-xfce to install then clicked Fix Broken Packages and got the following errors:

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

Hope this helps.

JC

[jahid]

I found "Fix Broken Packages". So I marked mint-meta-xfce to install then clicked Fix Broken Packages and got the following errors:

can you apply "fix broken packages" not marking mint-meta-xfce to install. if you can then try it.
can you close synaptic and post the output of sudo apt-get update here..

[JerryC58]

I only show a broken package when mint-meta-xfce is marked for install. When I run sudo apt-get update, I get:

jc@jc-Bonobo-Extreme ~ $ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for jc:
(process:8256): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
Unable to autolaunch when setuid

(process:8256): Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid.
This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper
program instead. For further details, see:

http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html

Refusing to initialize GTK+.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Error'

It doesn't allow me to input my password.

Different problem?

JC

[jahid]

restart your pc and run that code again. if the error is still the same then it's a peculiar case.
I have dealt with broken packages type problems in past but never seen this type of output for apt-get update.

but i will try to solve it...

[jahid]

Hey, i was installing xfce in my pc. but in midway i had to interrupt my connection and close the synaptic. same problem i saw when i marked mint-meta-xfce for installing.
i marked the mint-meta-xfce for removal and clicked apply then synaptic fixed it (sudo apt-get is running now) for me........but i can't install mint-meta-xfce yet. when i get there i will notify you..

[jahid]

Finally i got there, it's solved for me now. here's the things i had to do:
1. mark the mint-meta-xfce for removal (though it is not installed): mark it for installed first (it will become red), now the option for removal is highlighted, mark for removal. it will say that some packages need to be installed or removed (for me it was 4). now click apply.
2. once it's finished. close synaptic and run

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sudo apt-get update

this time it should run without any error.
3. now open synaptic & mark mint-meta-xfce for install.

i hope it solves your problem....good luck

[JerryC58]

That's not working for me. In step one, when the box is red, it won't allow me to mark any other option. I'm running Mint 15. Maybe that is a difference in Mint 16? Sorry I didn't mention that before.

The other problem is with SUDO. It won't work at all. I have seen that error before but I have no idea what got it started.

JC

[JerryC58]

I discovered this afternoon I can get to a terminal window where SUDO works by doing CTRL-ALT-F1. If you think of anything that needs terminal commands, I can do them now.

[jahid]

if you can run sudo apt-get update once without any error, your problem will be solved. if it shows any error and that is different than the previous one, then post it here.