From: newsspam@weilbacher.org   
      
   This is a weird problem that I've been having for a while. When I   
   log in to my Gentoo system the GNOME desktop comes up nicely, just   
   the gnome-panel somehow doesn't read the configuration correctly.   
   I usually run with two panels, one in expanded mode along the full   
   bottom of the screen that basically contains all applets and menus   
   etc. and one that is located just above that which only contains   
   the workspace switcher and the window selector applets (not expanded).   
      
   However, when starting up, both of them are put into non-expanded   
   mode, the one with the switcher in the bottom left corner and not   
   being redrawn, the other one just above it but so narrow that only   
   the first two menus are visible. If I then do "killall gnome-panel"   
   from the terminal, they of course stop and obviously read their   
   correct configurations. Because when they come up again, they are   
   where they are supposed to be.   
      
   Does anyone have an explanation for this and more importantly an   
   idea how I can fix that behavior? I am running gnome-panel-2.18.3   
   (and all the other stuff from the gnome-base/gnome-light-2.18.2   
   configuration), but I have actually had it already before when   
   still running gnome 2.16.x.   
      
   Thanks!   
      Peter.   
      
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