Taskbar loses Shutdown Icon

[Jussier]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

OS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

TEST CASE:
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LATEST PACKAGE TESTED:
gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2

OBSERVED: Intermittently the task bar loses the Shutdown Button & Replaces it with the date/clock or login name and it is not possible to access the options for shutdown

EXPECTED: This should not happen

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-0ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.43-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Sep 3 10:59:09 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
 LANG=pt_BR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-panel

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we can't fix it because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem. We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures.
At a minimum, we need:
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2. the behavior you expected, and
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[Dr. Kenobi (drkenobi)]

Between the master bug (this one) and the duplicates, date/clock and login name all seem capable of overwriting the shutdown icon. I can confirm this bug, it happens sometimes and I couldn't find a way to reproduce the bug. It just happens. But I found a work-around: every time it happens I press "Alt + F2", write "xkill" and hit "Run". The pointer is now going to be an "X". You only have to put the pointer over the Task Bar and left-click your mouse. You can also 'restart/log out' your computer, but it takes more time.

[Jussier (jussierneto)]

when taskbar loses shutdown icon, I open terminal and write "killall gnome-panel".

[Andrej Mernik (r33d3m33r-deactivatedaccount)]

Same bug here. It happens occasionally.

[Imre Péntek (pentek-imre)]

bug still present here (up-to-date Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS)