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

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GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in 
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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.

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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)

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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.


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