gnome-panel error message won't go away

[Laurence]

On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 09:28 -0400, Bill Perkins wrote:
> 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.
> 
Hi

there are no copies running prior to starting X and login on.

They seem to start when the session begins, but once started then
restart each time they are killed or when the error message is responded
to

Laurence