I accidentally deleted my bottom panel[Somewhat solved with questions]
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I accidentally deleted my bottom panel[Somewhat solved with questions]
I accidentally deleted my bottom panel. I've tried to create a panel to replace it, but it would be so much easier to restore the original. My efforts aren't proving to be very successful. Maybe at least to restart from scratch. Like where's the restore LM defaults button?
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- austin.texas
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Which MInt? 18.1?
Which Desktop? Cinnamon? Mate?
Which Desktop? Cinnamon? Mate?
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
At this point I cannot even minimize a window and have a tab to restore it. Desktop is cinnamon.
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
I just tested in in virtualbox. Right click the desktop and select "desktop settings" Hit back arrow in top left corner. Find the "panel" icon and add a new panel from there.
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Is there a way reload reinstall the Cinnamon desktop. I am at a standstill here. Just want things to be normal again.
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Is there a way to restore Cinnamon defaults? Reinstall the Cinnamon desktop? Is there a way to like right click undo when I do stupid things like this?
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Press Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal.
In the terminal enter
Then: "Add Panel"
EDIT: corrected command to cinnamon-settings panel
In the terminal enter
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cinnamon-settings panel
EDIT: corrected command to cinnamon-settings panel
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Right click the panel on an empty place -> troubleshooting -> reset Cinnamon.rlslemmer wrote:Is there a way to restore Cinnamon defaults?
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Please see my reply on your other post about the same thing.
@Cosmo. - He doesn't have a panel !
@Cosmo. - He doesn't have a panel !
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Right.richyrich wrote:@Cosmo. - He doesn't have a panel !
So: Press super-L (this opens the Cinnamon Debugger) click "Actions" (at the bottom right) and select to reset Cinnamon.
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
roger@roger-TravelMate-P245-M ~ $ cinnamon-settings panelaustin.texas wrote:Press Ctrl+Alt+t to open a terminal.
In the terminal enterThen: "Add Panel"Code: Select all
cinnamon-settings panel
EDIT: corrected command to cinnamon-settings panel
The program 'cinnamon-settings' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install cinnamon
roger@roger-TravelMate-P245-M ~ $ sudo apt install cinnamon
This what I got when I did what you suggested. It turns out that the panels I tried to create after losing my bottom panel were from the Mate desktop. I thought I had Cinnamon before. I went ahead and followed the instruction above to install Cinnamon settings. Nothing has changed. I am guessing I need a restart for things to take effect. I am a newbie to everything Linux. So lost in this mess.
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
And after that, you can rightclick the new panel, choose 'troubleshoot' and then 'Restore all settings to default'.pfd27 wrote: Hit back arrow in top left corner. Find the "panel" icon and add a new panel from there.
New panels can also be added through the menu => Preferences => Panel.
If your issue is solved, kindly indicate that by editing the first post in the topic, and adding [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks!
- austin.texas
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
You will be lost if you try to use a Cinnamon solution on the Mate desktop.
Run this command to check to see which Desktop you have.
Run this command to check to see which Desktop you have.
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inxi -S
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
What or where is super-L?Cosmo. wrote:Right.richyrich wrote:@Cosmo. - He doesn't have a panel !
So: Press super-L (this opens the Cinnamon Debugger) click "Actions" (at the bottom right) and select to reset Cinnamon.
You will be lost if you try to use a Cinnamon solution on the Mate desktop.
Run this command to check to see which Desktop you have.
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inxi -S
roger@roger-TravelMate-P245-M ~ $ inxi -S
System: Host: roger-TravelMate-P245-M Kernel: 4.4.0-72-generic i686 (32 bit)
Desktop: MATE 1.14.1 Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah
So I must have Mate. So what I did before, installing Cinnamon settings is that going to mess me up even more?
- austin.texas
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Hopefully not...rlslemmer wrote:So I must have Mate. So what I did before, installing Cinnamon settings is that going to mess me up even more?
Open a terminal, and run the command:
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mate-panel
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Hold ALT key and press F2 - type
mate-terminal
. In the window that opens type mate-panel --reset
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chrisuk wrote:Hold ALT key and press F2 - typemate-terminal
. In the window that opens typemate-panel --reset
.
This is what I get:
roger@roger-TravelMate-P245-M ~ $ mate-panel - - reset
Cannot register the panel shell: there is already one running.
Do I need to delete the panel I attempted to create?
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Do:
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mate-panel --replace
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Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
Nothing you've offered seems to be working. I have to leave now for work. will be back to this Please keep offering suggestions if you can.
Re: I accidentally deleted my bottom panel
You must be more precise in what you are doing. Example:
You inserted 2 spaces, which I replaced here for reference with the sign ^, which did not exist in the original advice. With such failures no terminal command can work as expected.rlslemmer wrote:This is what I get:
roger@roger-TravelMate-P245-M ~ $ mate-panel -^-^reset