9.10: Can't add applets to Gnome's panel

[mibadt]

Hi,
Yesterday I installed the 9.10 netbook remix on a new netbook without a problem. However, I can't add an applet ( I need a keyboard layout applet) to Gnome's panel (on the top). Right clicking on the panel provides a few options, but ADD is NOT among them ( it doesn't appear at all, not that it's grayed out). Being a KDE person, I might be doing something wrong (although I don't think so).

Please advise!

Best Regards,

Michael Badt

[mibadt]

After searching, I've found it's a known bug - see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...gs/+bug/448109

Any idea when this is planned to be fixed?

Best Regards,

Michael Badt

[undoIT]

Same issue here. Did you ever find a way to add applets?

[Kruken]

Same issue for me as well ... Has anyone found a solution yet ?

[mcduck]

You need to make sure tat you are right-clicking on some empty space on the panel itself, not on any applet (Like the window list-applet on normal Gnome, or the window Picker-applet that uses most of the panel space on Netbook Remix.

The option to add things to panel only appears on the right-click menu for the panel, while right-clicking on any panel applet will of course open the right-click menu for that applet instead.

IF you can't find any empty panel space to click on then try moving some panel applet a bit to clear some space.

[raelga]

I just installed Netbook Remix 10.4 and I have the menubar locked: The Remove from panel; Move and Blockpanel to panel are disabled and greyed.

I want to add the CPU Freq. and the system monitor :S

In 9.10, it not happens.

[micdhack]

same problem here! 10.04 has the options greyed out

[farhanb]

hi, the reason you cannot add to panel is because you are still logged into the netbook edition desktop, you need to log into a gnome session.

I solved this problem on Ubuntu 10.04 netbook remix as follows:

1) logging into the netbook remix junk go to system-> synaptic package manager and install ubuntu-desktop and remove the netbook edition package and you can remove the windows-picker-applet as well if you want but this should not be necessary.

2) now restart and on the log in screen at the bottom (atleast in 10.04) you should be able to select the session type--choose GNOME before entering your password and you should arrive at a normal sane looking desktop unlike the netbook remix.

hope this works.
farhan

[tomarcom]

same problem here! 10.04 has the options greyed out. i even added my user account to sudo, admin, and root groups thinking it was a rights issue. sadly it did not help.

[lessmemorelove]

farhanb's trick works.