[kde-linux] Kicker disappeared

[Philipp Paul]

On Friday 20 July 2007 23:04:38 Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 20 Jul 2007, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 20 Jul 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > > On Friday 20 July 2007, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote
> > >
> > > about '[kde-linux] Kicker disappeared':
> > > > I've read about this, but never before experienced it.  Kicker has
> > > > disappeared.  The problem is that I can't remember how to get it
> > > > back. Anyone help, please?  Thanks
> > >
> > > Alt-F2 (global run command shortcut)
> > > kicker
> >
> > I tried that, but nothing happened.  I still don't have kicker.
>
> I tried it again, this time telling it to run with higher priority.  I
> don't quite know what I did, but kicker appeared, then started to move
> up-screen, pushing everything before it, until it disappeared off the top. 
> At that point I had no option but to reboot from the context menu.
>
> I'm back with a working system, but I'd really like to know what I should
> have done to recover it.
>
> Anne

have you ever tried it with dcop ?

you could use "dcop kicker Panel" or "dcop kicker kicker" plus a useful 
function.. 
i never had that problem, so i don't know how much this helps.. 
but it could be an option..