Restore Missing Panels in Ubuntu
Tess from the USA asks:
“…I am having trouble viewing my menu bar that usually appears across the top of my screen. The volume control used to be here and now I don’t get volume at all. How do I get the menu bar to reappear?…”
1) Try this command in Terminal:
metacity –replace
2) If the above command did not work, try the following:
“Menu bars” are called “Panels”. Try right clicking on the bottom panel and selecting “add new panel” (that’s the wording, if memory serves me correctly). Drag the new blank panel to the top. Then add the applets you want to that panel.
The applets you want might be:
Quit applet at the right
Volume control to left
Network monitor to left
Notification area and then user switcher.
On the left side of the panel, add the Menu bar applet.
I hope this helps!
Note: An afterthought, maybe it’s an issue with Compiz or with your system hibernation? If so, try the command: killall gnome-panel and see if that (restarts and) restores the visibility of your panel?
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I wonder if the volume was muted before the volume control was removed? Seems like the volume control not being in the Gnome Panel, shouldn’t cause the volume to stop working. I know on my laptop, I don’t have the volume control in the panel, but everything works fine…