Restore deleted PANEL Ubuntu/Debian(Top or Bottom)

By: Pasan on 10:17 AM

I was trying to remove some icon off my Debian desktop's top panel when this happened. I right clicked on that top panel and clicked 'Delete this panel' without thinking much and wooosh.. my panel is no more! :)

The following link outlined these few tips for me to recover my panel

1. gconftool-2 – -shutdown

2. rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel

3. pkill gnome-panel

Reboot

source: http://aftami.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/restore-deleted-panel-ubuntudebiantop-or-bottom/