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Date:      Mon, 6 Dec 2010 21:52:40 +0000 (UTC)
From:      AN <andy@neu.net>
To:        Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: gnome panel problem
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012062150500.19400@mail.neu.net>
In-Reply-To: <1291672040.75858.8.camel@xenon>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012062125400.19400@mail.neu.net> <1291672040.75858.8.camel@xenon>

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On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Michal Varga wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 21:32 +0000, AN wrote:
>> I am having a problem with the bottom panel in Gnome2.32 on 8-stable
>> amd64.  When a new program is started I do no get an icon on the bottom
>> panel.  Without this I am unable to minimize a window, if you click on
>> the minimize button the window goes away and there is no way to recover
>> it.  I tried to make deinstall and make install clean in gnome-panel but
>> it did not fix the problem.  Any one seeing this?  Any help is
>> appreciated.
>>
>> tia
>
> There is no "bottom panel" in Gnome. All Gnome panels and their applets
> are fully customizable and there is nothing magical (and fixed) about
> any one of them.
>
> What you probably did is that you just removed the Window List applet
> from one of your default panels (your mentioned "bottom one") when you
> started customizing them.
>
> So, just right click on a particular panel (note that you need to do
> that outside an area already occupied by some applet (i.e. clock,
> launchers, etc, otherwise you will get a context menu for that specific
> applet, instead for the panel underneath) - pick "Add to Panel" and add
> your Window List.
>
> m.
>
>
> -- 
> Michal Varga,
> Stonehenge (Gmail account)
>
>

Hi Michal:

That was exactly the problem, it is working fine now.  Thank you for your 
quick response.

Cheers



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