Thank you Antonio for taking the time respond to my problem. I expect the firefox icon and the apps to appear on the left hand side of my screen, they don't when i start my desktop, i restarted my computer but didn't fix the problem, i can't provide a screenshot, because it doesn't let me, what can i do? thank you in advance.
Octavio.



________________________________
 From: Antonio Roquentin <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden> 
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 5:15 AM
Subject: [Bug 1025798] Re: firefox launcher and system settings don't appear on my screen
 
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. Which desktop
environment are you using? Where exactly "on the screen" did you expect
the icon to appear? Could you perhaps provide a screenshot to illustrate
your problem?

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  firefox launcher and system settings don't appear on my screen

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  when i turn on my desk top, the firefox launcher icon doesn't not
  appear on the screen, and the system settings either. what can i do to
  resolve this problem

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: firefox 11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic-pae 3.0.22
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic-pae i686
  AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  AplayDevices:
   **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  octavio    1987 F.... pulseaudio
  BuildID: 20120310010446
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfe024000 irq 22'
     Mixer name    : 'Realtek ALC888'
     Components    : 'HDA:10ec0888,1028020e,00100001'
     Controls      : 29
     Simple ctrls  : 18
  Channel: release
  Date: Tue Jul 17 12:29:04 2012
  ForcedLayersAccel: False
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
  IpRoute:
   default via 192.168.17.1 dev eth0  proto static 
   169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  metric 1000 
   192.168.17.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.17.2  metric 1
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.
  
   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  PciNetwork:
  
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120310010446 (Running)
  RfKill:
  
  RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
  SourcePackage: firefox
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-06-14 (32 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/02/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.0.12
  dmi.board.name: 0RY206
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: ���
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.12:bd06/02/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron531s:pvr00:rvnDellInc.:rn0RY206:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 531s
  dmi.product.version: 00
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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