Can't add applets to panel in 10.04 :-(

[Josef Wolf]

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 06:12:59AM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> On 05/15/2010 02:54 AM, Josef Wolf wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > When I log into my freshly installed 10.04, I get two panels but am missing
> > lots of applets which were existing in 9.10. In fact, only the menus on the
> > left side exist. all the applets which were on the right side of the panels
> > like the volume/wlan/battery/logout/clock applets are gone. I tired to add
> > them manually via right-click and then choosing "add to panel" menu, but
> > no matter which applet I choose to add, nothing happens. The "add" button
> > only shows the visual effect that it was pressed, but none of the applets
> > is actually added to the panel.
> >
> > With such a panel, I am even not able to log off properly, since there is
> > non logoff/shutdown knob in the panel.
> >
> > Any ideas other than going back to 9.10?
> >
> >    
>          I am sure your not fully updated.

I run "aptitude update; aptitude safe-upgrade" right after install (from
alternate install CD), so I bet I should be fully updated. Then I run
"aptitude install ubuntu-desktop" to get the desktop installed.

> But you can fix the log off 
> easy. Left click the upper edge of your computer and select the first 
> choice. A panel will show up with lots of items. Select what you want, 
> it looks like a round key.

Well, that's exactly the problem: there are _no_ icons in the panel and
adding the icons simply don't work. There is no icon that looks like a
round key.