Re: Bug: flickering auto-hide panel.

[rpbrown <rpbrown xtra co nz>]

 o - I extend the base of an application window until it just overlaps 
> the panel slightly and leave the mouse there.
> o - I leave the mouse over a panel which is just visible between two
> gnome-terminals (panel is vertical, between the two, normally _under_
> the two) and change workspace with keyboard bindings whilst the mouse
> pointer is over "where the panel would be visible were it not for 
> the gnome-terminals overlapping".
> 
> The CPU load applet goes quite mad when I do this. It's eating a lot of
> CPU.

yeah i noticed that..
 
> It seems as though GNOME isn't sure whether the "keep panel on top
> of windows" option in the control-center is selected or not, and it
> keeps trying to redraw each alternative.
> 
> I first saw this in one of the 1.1.x gnome-core packages and I could
> swear I reported the bug then, but apparently I didn't, because I can't
> find it. 

well I had everything working in RH6.2 a while back, with older helix packages..

http://wm.themes.org/themes.phtml?themeid=958989105

in that screenshot, i had everything working fine...
 
> This happens to me on a RH 7.0 box upgraded from a RH 6.1 box running
> mostly October GNOME with gnome-core and gnome-applets 1.1.x, where 
> it also happened. No Helix packages involved. Like you, I don't use
> gmc and I do use Window Maker.

gmc is a dog :)

> Have you filed a bug in the bug-tracker? If so, I'll add my bits to
> it; otherwise I'll file it. 

you better file the bug (again), as you can best describe the problem.