Re: Gnome 2.4.2 panel problems with Xinerama

["John D. Giachero" <kickaha patmedia net>]

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>
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> 


-- 
They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian...
Well, they're not laughing now!