Oops! Somehow as I was poking around in the control panel, I managed to turn off the main applications menu. The one in the top-left corner, with the Mer icon. Now I only have these icons across the top of the screen:
- Home menu (now where Mer icon was)
- Network Settings (w/ no settings)
- Advanced Power Settings
- Advanced Backlight

Anybody know how I can get that icon & menu back without starting over?

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Nevermind. I got it going again by running CP from a remote terminal.