Login problem after installing F 17

[fedora]

try to restart the appropriate panel program

in my case (using xfce) that is:
xfce4-panel --display :0.0

suomi

On 2012-08-21 11:08, Andrew McLean wrote:
> I have been using Fedora 17 for some months with few problems. My PC has
> an Nvidia GPU, and I have used both the Nouveau and Nvidia drivers at
> different times.
> I just reinstalled from the DVD (because of a problem not relevant to
> this specific issue, I believe).
> When running as Live User from the DVD, the display is OK.
> After installation, I get the login screen as expected. At this point
> there is a Menu bar at the top of the window.
> After I login with my password, the screen changes to the usual mottled
> green background, but there is no Menu bar. Before I reinstalled, the
> Menu bar was present and I could use the system as normal.
> How can I do anything without a Menu bar ?  What might cause this
> problem ? I have reinstalled again and get the same result. I did notice
> an error message to do with the Noveau driver, but can't access the
> details without rebooting into text mode by tweaking Grub. But could a
> Nouveau problem cause this behaviour ?
>
> What else can I try ?
> TIA
> AM
>