Taskbar and Tray on Lubuntu gone missing but not on guest account

Question

I'm using Lubuntu 13.04, and something strange happened.

I rebooted after installing some updates, and now when I choose "Lubuntu" on the login screen, I get something similar to "OpenBox"--no taskbar/tray--just a right-click context menu for handling tasks.

Right now I am posting this using "Lubuntu (Netbook)".

How can I get my taskbar and tray back???

Does it have something to do with openbox configuration?

Thanks for your replies ahead of time! :)

Answer 1

Have you tried restarting lxpanel from the terminal that is available to launch from the openbox menu?

lxpanelctl restart

or

killall lxpanel && lxpanel --profile Lubuntu

source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Restart_lxpanel

Answer 2

Open the terminal and remove the config files by typing:

rm -r ~/.config/lxpanel

then restart lxpanelctl:

lxpanelctl restart

Hope it works for you :)