Gnome-panel acting a little strange.

perhaps this should be under the pacman boards, but i'm not exactly sure when the issue started happening, as i've been off and on this past week.
gnome-panel, on the top of the screen has been acting strangely. the application option does nothing; it acts as if it is being pressed and then no menu pulls down. also, under the system option, i'm missing many of them, and see neither administration nor preferences. additionally, all of my icons are gone - i can add them back, but i'd rather know why they left.
if i open a panel from cli as root, it seems to be my old panel complete with working pull downs as well as all the options. i also have three profiles on my computer, and two work perfectly.
so yeah, that's about all i can really say for now. anyone have any ideas?

Hey there,
For kick's why not make a copy of current gnome settings and then let gnome re-create files. My guess is gnome f'd up something for your user.
-scoon

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