Re: [Hampshire] Lost Panel

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Author: Tim Brocklehurst
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Lost Panel
On Saturday 27 Oct 2012 13:58:44 Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote:
> Help! Using Debian 6 and I've somehow lost the panel from the top of the
> screen. This means I have no easy access to installed software (have to
> find and invoke the individual binaries) or even to a command line! Can't
> even shut down gracefully!
>
> Everything's backed up and I have access to other machines, but I'd rather
> not have to spend hours rebuilding the system from scratch.
>
> What do I do now?
>
> Chris


Chris,

Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F6 will get you a console. Can you give us a bit more info?
Which desktop are you using? Have you recently done an update etc?

Hope this helps,

Tim B.

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