Please describe the problem:
I keep my home directory in Git.  I store various common gconf
settings in ~/.gconf.shared , including my entire GNOME panel setup
with all applets and launchers.  Since gconf can't have multiple
writable sources, those gconf settings end up set as mandatory.  On
some systems, I have an internal LCD and a higher-resolution external
LCD connected.  When I first log in, both get activated at their
native resolutions, and the panel shows up at the edge of the internal
display, which puts it in the middle of the external display.  If I
switch to the external display only using xrandr, the panel moves to
the edge of the external display, and I get a warning about the GNOME
panel attempting to change mandatory settings; specifically, the
"locked" preference for the applets on the right side:

Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for `/apps/panel/applets/applet_clock/locked' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path
Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for `/apps/panel/applets/applet_volume/locked' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path
Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Can't overwrite existing read-only value: Value for `/apps/panel/applets/applet_tray/locked' set in a read-only source at the front of your configuration path

Those three applets sit at the right edge of my panel, and have the
right_stick preference set.


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Does this happen every time?


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