[02:51] <RussW> At startup I had a panel next to applications with system controls.  This has subsequently disappeared.  Is there a quick way to get that back?  (volume control among others)
[02:54] <tonyyarusso> do you have any idea what caused it to disappear?
[02:59] <RussW> no...I am new to ubuntu
[02:59] <RussW> (running Natty)
[03:02] <RussW> fortunately this is a dual boot box, and I could do a reinstall, but that is a lot of work to get the volume controls back...
[03:03] <RussW> the panel used to be next to the applications panel at the top of the screen
[03:03] <tonyyarusso> and now the panel is just blank?
[03:03] <tonyyarusso> ah, crud.  I don't even know how to fix this on Natty.  Whoops.
[03:04] <RussW> it is almost like that panel was deleted
[03:05] <RussW> I still have the panel in the install on my laptop, if that would help us isolate it
[03:08] <RussW> I'll boot it up in a minute or so
[03:13] <RussW> when I click about on the panel on the laptop it calls itself "Indicator Applet Complete 0.4.12"  I will look for that and see it I can reinstall or reinstate.  Any other ideas are welcome!
[03:20] <RussW> I have found and downloaded the applet from launchpad.  I will attempt to follow instructions to reinstall
[03:21] <RussW> thanks for trying to help anyway...You helped me think through it at least
[13:04] <ripps> dmesg