Can't add to panel nor delete panel
- by david
Hello everybody!
I cannot add any applet to any (top or bottom) panel, cannot delete any panel nor create a new panel. When I right-click on the panel the only options available are: Properties, Help or About panels.
[I cannot post an image because of spam prevention, so I'll do my best]
I can see when I right-click (bold means clickable):
Add to panel
Properties
Delete this panel
New panel
Help
About Panels
Trying to solve this I did what is usually suggested:
  gconftool-2 –-recursive-unset /apps/panel # might be optional
  rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
  pkill gnome-panel  
but I only got a nice empty panel (no Applications  Places  System, no clock, no shutdown button...) to which I couldn't add any applet, so I decided to take the default profiles in .gconf and .gconfd from a live CD and overwrite mines. Now we are back to the beginning.
I also have tried to lock completely the panel (with both gconf-editor and pessulus) and later unlock it completely but it didn't work.  
Here is the system information:
  $ lsb_release
  Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
  Description:   Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
  Release:   10.04
  Codename:  lucid  
Thank you very much.