toolbar menu's dead

[Almost-retired]

Damn this keyboard, something just cleared all my text  had already typed, do clue as to what key combo does that, but can it be disablled forever?

To continue with the original post, I just had a long power outage, so since I have UPS's, I did a graceful shutdown to wait it out.

On reboot, 9 of my ten picture settings for the screens was restored, as was the terminal sessions, all of which were reopened on screen 1, they used to be restored to the screens they were on.  Lots of Muttering and genaeology discussions about that but it can wait.

But more importantly the task manager panel at the bottom of all screens was gone, nothing but the 2 cashews.  So I added a new default panel and positioned it to the bottom of the screen and adjusted the height to suit these ancient eyes.  This includes PC icon that is supposed to bring up the text style menu tree, the 10 panel 'pager', then some blank space used to show whats running, the 'Info" box, and the digital clock.  Which had, because its the default, lost all its settings too.

So, how do I re-enable the missing menu for the 'PC' icon?

And how do I convince it to actually save these settings?

Thanks & Cheers, Gene

[Bald Brick]

darn this keyboard, something just cleared all my text  had already typed, do clue as to what key combo does that, but can it be disablled forever?

To continue with the original post, I just had a long power outage, so since I have UPS's, I did a graceful shutdown to wait it out.

On reboot, 9 of my ten picture settings for the screens was restored, as was the terminal sessions, all of which were reopened on screen 1, they used to be restored to the screens they were on.  Lots of Muttering and genaeology discussions about that but it can wait.

But more importantly the task manager panel at the bottom of all screens was gone, nothing but the 2 cashews.  So I added a new default panel and positioned it to the bottom of the screen and adjusted the height to suit these ancient eyes.  This includes PC icon that is supposed to bring up the text style menu tree, the 10 panel 'pager', then some blank space used to show whats running, the 'Info" box, and the digital clock.  Which had, because its the default, lost all its settings too.

So, how do I re-enable the missing menu for the 'PC' icon?

And how do I convince it to actually save these settings?

Thanks & Cheers, Gene

Precisely what you've done is not quite clear, but when you add a new panel with default settings the PC icon should work without your having to do anything.

If it doesn't, try removing the widget and then adding it again. (Unlock the widgets, right-click the PC icon, click "Remove this Application Launcher Menu", click the cashew on the panel, click "Add Widgets", double-click "Application Launcher Menu", and drag the icon to its right location on the panel.)

[Almost-retired]

That worked in a rather roundabout way, it insisted on putting it to the right end, displacing the clock to the left, but then I somehow managed to enable the move arrows on it, and got it back to where it belonged, and the menu's now work.

Thanks & Cheers, Gene

[Bald Brick]

Good to hear.
 

[Almost-retired]

It may be good to hear, but will I have to do it every reboot till the rapture?

So far, that seems to be the case. 

Thanks & Cheers, Gene.

[Bald Brick]

In your first post you wrote "nothing but the 2 cashews". Do you mean that you really have two cashews on the panel? You shouldn't have more than one. Is it possible that you have two panels, one covering the other?

This may be a ridiculous question, but remember that I can't see your desktop. (A screenshot might help.)