GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 146914
vertical (left) panel overlap with bottom panel at startup
Last modified: 2015-03-24 13:00:56 UTC
Distribution: Debian testing/unstable Package: gnome-panel Severity: normal Version: 2.6.x Synopsis: vertical (left) panel overlap with bottom panel at startup Bugzilla-Product: gnome-panel Bugzilla-Component: Panel Bugzilla-Version: 2.6.x Description: Description of Problem: vertical (left) panel overlap with bottom panel at startup (on the bottom left corner), although they were fine at previous logout, with bottom panel occupy that corner. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. create a left panel, and then a bottom panel 2. make them auto-expand, now the bottom one occupies the bottom left corner of the screen 3. logout and then login again, to see their positions Actual Results: the 2 panels overlap at the bottom left corner Expected Results: the 2 panels should remain where they were before last logout How often does this happen? always Additional Information: ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2004-07-09 08:50 ------- Unknown platform unknown. Setting to default platform "Other". Unknown milestone "unknown" in product "gnome-panel". Setting to default milestone for this product, '---' The original reporter of this bug does not have an account here. Reassigning to the person who moved it here, unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org. Previous reporter was ye_zong_hui@163.com. Setting to default status "UNCONFIRMED". Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
Can you reproduce with gnome-panel 2.8?
Mass changing: milestone 2.12.x => milestone 2.14.x
I can't reproduce this anymore on 2.19.92.
(In reply to comment #3) > I can't reproduce this anymore on 2.19.92. > I'm using gnome-panel 2.22.1.1, it's still there, or it comes back. And so here i am unearthing the old bad troll. I think it should be called "gnome-panel random position in every new gnome session with more than one gnome-panel", or something like that. I have this every time i login with a new session. I don't have this bug if i login a hibernated old session. The position, size, icons positions inside will be randomly in chaos when it happens. Steps to reproduce: 1. Create at least two gnome-panel at different positions. Arrange further if you like to. 2. Restart or Logout. 3. Login. Workaround: 1. Right click the panel, click on 'Properties'. 2. Check the 'Expand' twice. If it's off, turn on, then turn off again. If it's on then it's vice versa. 3. Do this for every panel. Sometimes it goes so wild that i couldn't see them to right click to the setting. So i have to do that through gconf-editor. Sometimes the icon arrangement goes wild too. In that case I have to rearrange the icon. To avoid these i hibernate instead off turning off.
Not sure if bug 563757 is related since the "expand" workaround is useless, but just in case…
(In reply to comment #5) > Not sure if bug 563757 is related since the "expand" workaround is useless, but > just in case… > So you've tried my steps to reproduce and found out it does reproducible? I was working out my dual-head after my last post. After that i also tried some compiz configuration. Somehow it fixed the gnome-panel. Perhaps it is a race condition which does has something to do with xorg.conf and/or compiz. I am not sure what bug 563757 is. I've tried creating a new panel and place them parallel with another at the same edge. Nothing looks wrong. Perhaps because i already accidentally fixed gnome-panel. At the first time when i found out this bug i can not always rely on expand workaround either. Sometimes i also had to change Orientation option. So now it looks like it has been fixed, but i don't wanna do some more test to find out what actually caused this. At least not now. Trial and error with so many combination is exhausting.
> ... > So you've tried my steps to reproduce and found out it does reproducible? I was > working out my dual-head after my last post. After that i also tried some > compiz configuration. Somehow it fixed the gnome-panel. Perhaps it is a race > condition which does has something to do with xorg.conf and/or compiz. > ... I'm sorry, i have to take it back. It's still happening, not fixed yet, but less frequent.
(In reply to comment #6) > So you've tried my steps to reproduce and found out it does reproducible? Not really. Actually the bug 563757 is kind of an extreme case of this bug : I can create 10 panels, they will all overlap each other and they will also overlap every other window. Login/logout has nothing to do with it and I couldn't find any way to fix that. This pissed me off too much so I finally removed all panels and installed AWN, so I don't really care anymore (I can do some tests in a while if needed though).
(In reply to comment #8) > ... > Not really. Actually the bug 563757 is kind of an extreme case of this bug : I > can create 10 panels, they will all overlap each other and they will also > overlap every other window. Login/logout has nothing to do with it and I > couldn't find any way to fix that. I've tried creating 10 panels, they do not overlap. They do show shadows like they are regular windows while they shouldn't. It shouldn't play with z axis like that. But they don't overlap on my gnome. Sorry about that. Now let's rephrase. Does anybody prefer awn over extra gnome-panel because my gnome-panel bug?
(In reply to comment #9) > I've tried creating 10 panels, they do not overlap. They do show shadows like > they are regular windows while they shouldn't. It shouldn't play with z axis > like that. But they don't overlap on my gnome. Sorry about that. Well, no need to be sorry, that may be a hint… However, as bugs are somewhat different (though maybe related) it may be better to reply on the other report. ;) > Does anybody prefer awn over extra gnome-panel because my gnome-panel bug? Actually I do prefer AWN anyway, but it's not the point, a bug is to be corrected.
I have been using gnome-panel 2.24.1 for over a week. The bug does not appear any more. So i think we can close this as solved.
Gnome panel 2.28.0 here and can't reproduce the bug.Should be marked as fixed.
(In reply to comment #12) > Gnome panel 2.28.0 here and can't reproduce the bug.Should be marked as fixed. Closing with OBSOLETE