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   From: newsspam@weilbacher.org   
      
   On 06.12.2007 00:41, Herman Elderson wrote:   
   > On 5 dec, 23:51, Herman Elderson  wrote:   
   >> On 26 okt, 13:27, Peter Weilbacher  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On 26.10.2007 12:17, Peter Weilbacher wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > > However, when starting up, both of them are put into non-expanded   
   >> > > mode, the one with the switcher in thebottomleft 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.   
   >>   
   >> I'm having a similarproblemin Ubuntu. The toppanelis expanded and   
   >> start up nicely, but the not-expandedbottompanelalways starts up   
   >> vertically centered (and horizontally, of course). Both panels have   
   >> hide option without arrows.   
   >> After start up, I edit the properties. As soon as I check the expand   
   >> option thepanelmoves to thebottom. Then I uncheck it and close the   
   >> properties dialog and thepanelstays at thebottom.   
   >> I haven't got a clue, but did you find an explanation/solution yet?   
      
   No, still all the same, posting into other newsgroups didn't even give   
   a single hint, either. If I only knew which files contain info for the   
   panels I could try to restart over, but I don't want to completely   
   start my whole GNOME config again, so I didn't even try to remove stuff...   
      
   > I googled some more, and found on Bugzilla my problem is reported   
   > 9-2007 as a bug on Gnome panel version 2.20.x but the same problem was   
   > reported in 2006 and solved at some time in 2007. Non-expanded panels   
   > suffer quite some bugs...   
      
   I didn't find the Bugzilla entries that you are referring to, but yes,   
   it seems gnome-panel is quite buggy. If I wouldn't need to install   
   hundreds of MB of otherwise unused libraries I would long have changed   
   to KDE...   
      
      Peter.   
      
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