Greetings, Forum. (This is my first post in Point Linux Forums.) I just installed Point Linux on my computer about a week ago, and other than a few minor issues still to be resolved, everything has been working fine... until tonight (Sun Nov 16, 2014).
Tonight, a big problem cropped up when I booted my machine from cold shutdown. On the account I use as my "main" account (I made 3 accounts, all administrators, when I installed Linux), all 3 of my panels are nomissing. I had 3 auto-hiding panels: top, left, and bottom; but tonight I have none, and no way to make any. This means I now can't open any apps directly (no launchers). To open Firefox in order to visit this forum, I had to double-click the caja icon on the desktop, navigate to a random file, right-click, and select "open in Firefox".
Oddly, though, the problem does not exist on my other two accounts! They all show 3 auto-hiding panels each, top, left, bottom. I move mouse to edge and they pop up normally. (This is how I like to launch apps, both in Windows and in Linux: nearly-empty desktop, all files filed away in folders, all applications launched from auto-hiding panels, accessible with a flick of the wrist.)
SO... does anyone have any ideas on why all Mate panels would suddenly disappear from just ONE of three accounts, and not from the other two? And how to fix it?
Where are the files which hold Mate panel settings for an account? (I figure this must be an account-specific settings issue, as the underlying "panels" technology is clearly still functional, as evidenced by the panels working fine in the other accts).
I suppose I could fix it by deleting the account then immediately making another with the same name, after saving any files in my home folder... but it seems there should be a better way.