I don't know how relevant this still is, but I recently got round this issue by attempting to start another instance of the panel with 'sudo gnome-panel'
terminal threw out an error as expected ** Message: Could not connect to session manager: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SessionManager': no such name ** (gnome-panel:3426): WARNING **: Could not connect to session manager: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SessionManager': no such name but after doing so I got a totally stock (al la Ubuntu) panel with normal menu lauchers etc that I WAS able to adjust through add/remove from panel. Then it was just a case of putting the gnome HOME applet and adding DockX/Namebar etc as I pleased. Hope that helps people out. A really annoying 'quirk' of UNR this one. -- can't access "add to panel..." dialogue https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248324 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs