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Which version of rviz are you using?
RViz does support plugins for dockable panels in the Fuerte release and in the upcoming Groovy version.
Definitely post more details and we can help you debug it. Both panel and display plugins in Fuerte should be workable. In Groovy rviz you can also make plugins for tools and for view controllers.
One comment I can make right off is that subclasses of rviz::Display are typically the ones which subscribe to ROS messages and then show 3D representations of that data in the central widget. Usually subclasses of rviz::Panel are showing GUI elements like buttons, sliders, and text fields and not particularly subscribing to ROS messages.
That said, there should be nothing in rviz which prevents a Panel from subscribing to messages and receiving them.
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