Bug#304484: gnome-panel: placement bug renders panel unusable

Rob Mahurin Rob Mahurin <rob@utk.edu>, 304484@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:34:44 -0600


Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.8.3-1
Severity: important

To reproduce this bug:

	1. Create a new test user so that configuration is not an issue.  
	2. Log in as this user under GNOME.  There are panels
	   at the top and bottom of the screen.
	3. Open the bottom panel's Properties.
	4. Uncheck "Expand."
	5. Middle-click on the panel and move it away from, then back
	   to, the bottom of the screen.

When the panel is about one height above the bottom of the screen it
begins to flicker rapidly back and forth, making X unresponsive.  

This interacts badly with my setup, which is two unexpanded panels,
same height, one in each bottom corner.  The panels stack even though
they aren't overlapping; sometimes this triggers the flicker behavior
by itself, which I don't quite understand.  I have in the past seen a
similar flickering when one or the other of these panels is hidden on
the left side, but it didn't ruin X.  However I can't reproduce either
of these effects in a clean account.

I suppose the workaround is to expand one of the panels on the bottom,
but I managed to hose my .gconf directory playing with this and I'm
travelling and don't have my backup handy.  (I said a lot of foul words
when I realized that.)  I'd be grateful for any other workaround
advice.

Thanks,

Rob

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (995, 'testing'), (30, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center 1:2.8.2-3           The GNOME Control Center for GNOME
ii  gnome-desktop-data   2.8.3-2             Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-panel-data     2.8.3-1             common files for GNOME 2 panel
ii  gnome-session        2.8.1-6             The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  libart-2.0-2         2.3.17-1            Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0          1.8.0-4             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0         2.8.1-2             Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0       2.8.1-2             The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                2.3.2.ds1-20        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libecal6             1.0.4-1             Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver3      1.0.4-1             Utily library for evolution data s
ii  libgconf2-4          2.8.1-5             GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0          1:2.4.2-2           library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.6.3-1             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2   2.8.3-2             Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome2-0          2.8.1-2             The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0    2.8.0-1             A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0         2.8.1-3             The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0       2.8.4-2             The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.6.2-4             The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2            1:2.12.1-1          libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0   2.8.3-1             library for GNOME 2 panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0        1.8.1-1             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0           1.2.8rel-1          PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0             1.7-5               lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management
ii  libstartup-notificat 0.8-1               library for program launch feedbac
ii  libwnck4             2.8.1-3             Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxml2              2.6.16-6            GNOME XML library
ii  xlibs                4.3.0.dfsg.1-12     X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.2-3           compression library - runtime

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Rob Mahurin
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy	phone:	865.974.8097 (sometimes)
University of Tennessee		fax:	865.974.7843
Knoxville, TN  37996		email:	rob@utk.edu
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