I finally fixed it. I had not only to remove --purge gnome-panel but also to delete everything "gnome-panel" related I could find with gnome- search-tool.
I'll do an hardy install tomorrow and see if I can reproduce this problem. -- New logout/shut down dialogs not showing after upgrade from Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/282199 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs