KDE not displaying panel; erratic

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Net Llama! wrote:
>
> > On 12/18/02 17:43, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > > I've bamboozled my wife into using Linux (told her she'd have
> > > to do Windoze installation herself), and for a few months all
> > > has been well with Netscape and kpatience.
> > >
> > > Now, the panel has gone flaky for no reason I can think of.
> > > When she logs in, many times it's just not there, and she cannot
> > > operate without it.  I've tried a variety of things to bring it
> > > back, but the thing that works best is simply to log out,
> > > log in as ANOTHER user, open an xterm and exit, then log out
> > > and go back in as herself.  Go figure.
> > >
> > > The other user has a working panel.  Always, at least so far.
> > > It's not clear why one has to open a window, but that does
> > > seem part of the magic.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a clue, or a less painful way to deal with
> > > this (like a permanent solution, maybe?).
> >
> > Don't use KDE?  Seriously, there are far more stable window managers out
> > there, such as XFCE.
>
> That might work.  Does XFCE have a panel, or some other warm fuzzy
> way to start favorite applications?  I'm /not/ going to try to get
> my wife to use a command line.  Don't ask.

Yes, XFCE has a nice GUI for starting apps, and its very easily
configurable.  And it _never_ blows up or shows any signs of instability.
It just works (tm).

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