Hi John, I've personally seen some very strange behavior from the new panel. Absolutely you should file a bug. But! first you should search to see if the bug already exists. http://bugzilla.gnome.org Regards, -- Steve McKay <steve z33 org> On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 10:25, John D. Giachero wrote: > My thanks to you both. Your gconf-editor solution fixed my problem, > mostly. I think there may be a bug in the panel app, though. > I can set the 'window' attribute to '1' if the panel is not expanded. > If I check the 'expanded' attribute (either through gconf-editor > or in the panel properties dialog), the 'window' attribute is reset > to '0', and the panel snaps back onto the primary monitor. > > Do the appropriate people read this list, or should I open a bug > report on this behaviour? > > Anyway, except for the expanded part, my panel is back where it > belongs, tucked over there on the right, out of the way. > > Thank you gentlemen for your prompt and helpful suggestions. > > Regards, > > John > > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:07:46 -0800 > Steve McKay <steve z33 org> wrote: > > > My bad. I think we run Gnome 2.2 de Redhat at work. Try this instead: > > > > run "gconf-editor /apps/panel/profiles/default/toplevels" > > > > That should open the gconf-editor with the location tree expanded to a > > panels node under which there should be a child node for each panel on > > your desktop (my child nodes are named 'panel_1' and 'panel_2'). Under > > each of those nodes I have a setting named "monitor". If you assigned > > your panel a name in the panel properties dialog you can identify your > > panel node by inspecting the name setting. Find your panel node then try > > changing the "monitor" setting to 1. > > > > I the above locations are not *exactly* right, they should still put you > > in the right area. > > > > Have fun. > > > > -- > > Steve McKay <steve z33 org> > > > > > > On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 09:24, John D. Giachero wrote: > > > Hmm. I wonder why I have no such setting in my panel. I queried > > > the /usr/bin/gnome-panel binary and it reports that it is > > > version 2.4.2. > > > > > > In the general properties tab, there is a name, orientation > > > and size selector, and checkboxes for expand, autohide, hide > > > buttons and the arrows. > > > > > > In the Background tab, there are the normal stuff you'd > > > expect to turn on the background, set the color or choose > > > a background image. > > > > > > Unfortunately, that's all there is. > > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, though. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 13:06:31 -0800 > > > Steve McKay <steve z33 org> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > > > > ...my right-side panel now appears on > > > > > the right side of my primary screen, rather than all the way to > > > > > the right... > > > > > > > > I believe if you open the properties dialog for the panel you're > > > > trying to move, you should see a monitor id setting. It's probably > > > > set to "0", set it to "1". > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Steve McKay <steve z33 org> > > > > > > > > > > > >
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