Arch Linux

i don't know what it's the name of it or how you launch it. but i'm running a vanilla gnome-desktop with things at their regular places. and at the bar at the top of the screen where one could usually chekout games/apps/etc that whole entries are gone! (although the clock and windowchooser "widget" for example are still present).

I'm using latest gnome. running testing. I'm sorry i can't give a more precise description of the problem but i don't have the know-how to even begin to decipher what's wrong..

i'm running this .xinitrc to start X:

export GDK_USE_XFT=1
export QT_XFT=true
xrandr -s 0
sudo killall dbus-launch 2>/dev/null
sudo killall dbus-daemon 2>/dev/null
sudo killall gnome-vfs-daemon 2>/dev/null
sudo killall dcopserver 2>/dev/null
sudo killall gnome-panel 2>/dev/null
sudo killall gconfd-2 2>/dev/null
sudo killall bonobo-activation-server 2>/dev/null
sudo killall gnome-settings-daemon 2>/dev/null
sudo killall gnome-session 2>/dev/null
sleep 0
sudo /etc/rc.d/xbindkeys restart
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
renice 0 `pidof X`
alias nautilus='nautilus --disable-sound --browser'
dbus-launch gnome-session