gnome-panel error message won't go away

[Bill Perkins]

Laurence wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I have a problem with gnome-panel, I get an error message box displayed
> that says "I've detected a panel already running, and will now exit".
> If I click "OK" in this box it goes away, but immediatly reappears.
> I have tried restarting X and even rebooting the machine, but each time
> this box comes back. I have the panel running ok, but get this box in
> addition. In my attempts to clear this problem I have now ended up with
> 3 of these error message boxes all of which I can't get rid of!!
> 
> 
> HELPPPP!!!
> 
> 
> Laurence
> 

I would switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1), login as root, and type in
ps -ax | grep gnome-panel
and see how many copies of gnome-panel are running (do this before 
logging in to X). If there is more than one copy running, somebody may 
have been monkeying around with the startup files in /etc (/etc/rc.*) or 
possibly in /etc/inittab.

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