Newbie question re: Desktop panel

[Joerg Stadermann]

On Saturday May 10 2003 10:44, Daniel wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> My name is Daniel, I'm from Canada, Montreal.
>
Hello Daniel

> Here is the context:
>
> A friend of mine installed verstion 3.1.1 of KDE
>
>
>        (not sure if this is the latest version and its OK
> with me)

Yes, that's the current version

>
>                                                   and I'm
> familiarizing myself with this *new* desktop (new for me
> anyway).
>
> My knowledge is rather limited and I'm willing to learn.
>
> Here is my question:
>
>   In user mode, I've lost the original tool bar at the
> bottom of my screen.
>
>
>   ( You may also call it the KDE Panel, not sure of the
> name and hope you understand what I mean here by "original
> tool bar")
>
Or you could call it 'kicker' which is the application's name.

> I've attempted without success to reset that tool bar and I
> just can't :-(
>
> This tool bar or panel is the main one that allows a user
> (i.e. m_e!) to browse through the different applications
> (for example the terminal(s)).
>
>   To reset this Panel
>
>   (
>
> Putting all the possible options I could find back to
> "Default" did not work.
>   )
>
>                        I've gone over and over the help
> manual, the configuration menu, etc. without success ;-(
>
> Would there be someone
>
>
>  (patient with someone who really wants to give KDE the
> best shot he can)
>
>                        who could guide me through this
> procedure? please, I'm kind of shy to ask for this kind of
> low type of deskop help and I'm stuck.
>
There are a couple of things you could try. First find out if 
kicker is running:
- start a terminal. Just in case you don't know already, you can 
start applications pressing Alt-F2 and entering the name of the 
application. Press Alt-F2 and enter 'konsole'. This will start a 
terminal.
- in the terminal window enter 'kicker &'. If you get a message 
like 'ERROR: kicker is already running'  you know the problem is  
somewhere else. If you get a different message without the panel 
starting this could be a hint what the problem is.

Check your settings:
- start the Control Center (the application is called kcontrol) 
and select 'Desktop'.
- check the settings in 'Arrangement' and 'Hiding'.

If this does not help come back here with the message you get when 
you start kicker from a terminal.

HTH
Joerg
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