Re: Gnome panel lost most icons...AGAIN

[Beartooth]

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:36:36 +0200, Frode Petersen wrote:
> This is a recurring problem, but the intervals are relatively long. This
> time it's about a month since the last time I experienced it. Sometimes
> it takes longer for it to show up again.
> My question here is: Is there a way that I can make a backup of the
> working setup and bring it back if this happens again?

I had something similar -- see the thread on this list about 
gnome-panel grief, starting on September 9th.

What helped here was to get to a terminal, and command

[btth@localhost ~]$ metacity --replace &