Re: GNOME Panel hides desktop icons...

[Andrew Post <apost cbmi upmc edu>]

The problem is being worked on. Basically, gmc doesn't know how to avoid
panels yet.

Andrew

"Bruce W. Bigby" wrote:
> 
> Havoc Pennington wrote:
> >
> > "Bruce W. Bigby" <bbigby@rochester.rr.com> writes:
> > > I run my display at 1152 x 864. When GNOME displays all of my desktop
> > > icons, the GNOME panel covers the icons at the bottom of the screen.
> > > However, I noticed that, if I change my resolution to 1280 x 1024, GNOME
> > > does not paint the icons so that the panel can cover them. GNOME doesn't
> > > display any desktop icons in positions where the panel might obscure
> > > them. What's going on? I don't run at the higher 1280 x 1024, because my
> > > eyes need the 85 Hz refresh rate of 1152 x 864. 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz is
> > > not comfortably readable for me. After a while, my eyes just hurt. Not
> > > only is everything smaller but the refresh rate is lower.
> >
> > Wild guess: maybe GNOME saved the position of your icons at 1280x1024,
> > try doing an "auto arrange" from the desktop menu while using the
> > lower resolution.
> >
> > Havoc
> >
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> Nope, rearranging puts some of the icons at the bottom where the panel
> can hide them. It only seems to do this when I explicitly arrange the
> icons via the menu. Hmmm....
> --
> Bruce W. Bigby
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