lost settings icon top right of menu bar since updating to ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my laptop

[Alan Wills]

Since updating my laptop to ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I have lost the settings icon to the right of my name in the menu bar, and thus I cannot shut down or restart my laptop.

[Alan Wills (alan-wills3)]

This event did not happen when I updated my desktop to ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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[Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar)]

Are you using the new Unity environment, or the GNOME Panel classic environment?

In other words, do you have a left-side launcher on your screen?

[Alan Wills (alan-wills3)]

Dear Bilal Akhtar

Thank you for your e-mail, I apologise for delay in replying but I’ve been
away.

I am pleased to inform you that I have sorted the problem. I remembered that
I had changed the appearance background settings (Theme) from Ambiance
(default) to High Contrast. I clicked back onto Ambiance or Radiance and the
settings icon came back straight away onto the right hand side of the menu
bar. It seems that using High Contrast or High Contrast Inverse it takes the
settings icon away from the menu bar. Perhaps this will teach me to stop
messing around with default settings.

I am glad to say everything seems to be back to normal.

Yours sincerely

Alan Wills

P.S. I have a left-side launcher on my screen.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bilal Akhtar
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:59 AM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 996740] Re: lost settings icon top right of menu bar
sinceupdating to ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my laptop

Are you using the new Unity environment, or the GNOME Panel classic
environment?

In other words, do you have a left-side launcher on your screen?

** Changed in: indicator-session (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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  12.04 LTS on my laptop

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Bug description:
  Since updating my laptop to ubuntu 12.04 LTS, I have lost the settings
  icon to the right of my name in the menu bar, and thus I cannot shut
  down or restart my laptop.

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