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ubunut 10.04 Lucid Lynx "panel not responding"

I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 and started facing a weird issue - sometimes the gnome panel doesnt load. 
I used to do a reboot until the panel loads properly.
Today even after the second reboot it didnt load properly. 
I did search and found that gnome-weather-applet is the culprit ( thats one of my fav apps :( ) 
I want to kill the gnome-panel and start it again. ALT+F2 didnt work for me

This is what helped me :

Right click the desktop and choose 'Create Launcher'.
Give it a name like Terminal the command is 'gnome-terminal'
Click OK

Now, run the terminal and kill the gnome-panel
$ killall gnome-panel
and start it
$ gnome-panel --replace
Your panel and system should be completely functional now minus the weather applet. 

(You can disable the weather applet next time the panel loads fine or boot with live cd and disable it) 
This is the bug  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/482690

 

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How to configure reliance netconnect broadband + on ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

install the packages usb-modswitch usb-modswitch-data

Add this to /etc/wvdial.conf

[Modem0]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 115200
SetVolume = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Init1 = ATZ
FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS)

[Dialer netconnect]
Username = your device phone number
Password = password usually the device phone number
Phone = #777
Stupid Mode = 1
Inherits = Modem0

do # sudo reboot

now do # sudo wvdial netconnect 

It will dial and give you the ip address if successfully connected. Press CTRL+C to disconnect ( network manager may not detect it)

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