This bug will not be fixed. In theory, the problem is going to be corrected whenever gnome 3.0 is released, and will have a completely different architecture for panels etc. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Hunter <hunt...@earlham.edu> Sender: boun...@canonical.com Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:35:01 To: <john.toli...@gmail.com> Reply-To: Bug 44082 <44...@bugs.launchpad.net> Subject: [Bug 44082] Re: GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations
sk8erbender: Thank you for the bug confirmation. However, Dylan McCall put it succinctly in comment #202: "The source of this problem is really close to the heart of the panel's design. It allows user-defined positions for applets, and these are stored with absolute values (in pixels). No amount of fiddling will change that that is a very poor, inflexible design." Unless a dev corrects me, this bug will not be fixed. It will only go away when a replacement is enacted, or there is a complete redesign of the fundamental panel code architecture and assumptions. In the meantime, there are a number of workarounds in the discussion above, but for now, this paper cut will continue to bleed. Some workaround suggestions in the comments above: Comment #110 Comment #197 Comment #201 -- GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44082 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Desktop panel for GNOME: Fix Released Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “gnome-panel” source package in Hardy: Triaged Bug description: The items on the gnome panel is disordered in some cases, one of these being changing the screen reolution, possibly other, more random, cases as well. ----- Temporary solution: Backup the state of your panel: gconftool-2 --dump /apps/panel panel_backup.xml and then restore it whenever it gets messed up: gconftool-2 --load panel_backup.xml killall gnome-panel (kills and auto-respawns, possibly need to run gnome-panel & as well) ----- I have noticed for a while now that the above-mentioned phenomenon occurs when I, say, return from a shut-down. However, the strange thing is that it only happens on some occations. I don't really know what the problem is, so I can't, unfortunately, post more information. To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-panel/+bug/44082/+subscribe -- GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situations https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44082 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs