GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 338538
Vertical panel stuck in middle of screen
Last modified: 2015-03-24 13:01:06 UTC
Please describe the problem: I mentioned a similar problem in a report yesterday (Bug 338427) but now seems more serious and seems to be a different problem. Sorry if I'm duplicating something. I just upgraded to today's latest on Dapper (2.14.1), and it's really messed up now. Yesterday after I hooked up an external monitor and changed the resolution, the vertical panel showed up in the middle of the screen (apparently at the same x coordinate it had been on in lower resolution) but I got it to me back. Today after I upgraded to the new gnome-panel, the side panel returned to the middle of the screen where it had been yesterday, and now it really likes being there. If I play around with the "properties" settings, I can get it to move back to the side. It gets stuck on the "left" setting, but if I go back and forth between "top" "bottom" then "right" it will go back to "right" (without actually displaying on the right--just showing the right setting), and if I toggle "Expand" it moves to the side where it should be). But every time I "killall gnome-panel," it comes back to the middle of the screen again, it's stuck on "left" again, and I have to go through all the motions of moving it off again. Steps to reproduce: 1. Change monitor resolution and then change back 2. Vertical panel appears in middle of screen; Reconfigure gnome-panel to preferred settings (switching between top/bottom/left/right and Expand until right settings stick) 3. Restart gnome-panel; panel will remember wrong settings, again appearing in the wrong place. Actual results: The vertical panel shows up in the middle of the screen. The "right" setting is replaced by "left." If I mouse over the panel, the left side of the screen flashes as if the panel is supposed to appear there but nothing appears Expected results: Changes should be preserved, and the panel should not appear in the middle of the screen. Does this happen every time? Yes, as far as I can tell. Other information:
Ubuntu bug about that: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/39856 "Panel in middle of the screen after reboot when not full-sized After restarting X the panel that is supposed to be at the bottom of the screen is right in the middle of it. The panel stays there until I check the box to fit the panel to screen width in its properties dialog. Looks like this: http://tobias-fink.net/Files/Upload/Gnome-Bar.png"
Other Ubuntu bug about that: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/44333 "Gnome bottom panel appears at top when "expand" is unchecked after re-login When I unckeck the "expand" button for the default bottom panel. Log out and log in again; The panel which should (still) be appearing at the bottom of the screen, places itself just under the top panel. This behaviour was also found in the 'previous' version (Breezy). Steps to reproduce: - Create a new "desktop" user - Log in to Gnome with newly created account - Right-click bottom panel "Properties" - Uncheck the "Expand" button - Hit "Close" button - Log out of session - Log back in to Gnome again with same account (new one) >> Now the bottom panel places itself just under the top panel Note: When you try to set the orientation back to "Bottom" for the (previous) Bottom-panel, It refuses that and 'automagically' reverts back to "Top". Except when first checked the "Expand" button, it allows to set the orientation back to "Bottom"."
*** Bug 343435 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Other Ubuntu bug about that: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/40082 "I was playing around with my default top panel after installation and unchecked the Expand checkbox. Then I changed the orientation to left. The panel took a vertical form but centered horizontally on my desktop. If I have the panel expanded and aligned left, uncheck Expand and set the orientation to Top, then the panel takes a horizontal form but is centered vertically on my desktop. ..."
I'm not sure about the last bug that Sébastien forwarded: this is the way it works, and nobody complained about this before. All the other bugs should be fixed in 2.19.5. At least, I can't reproduce them anymore. Please open a new bug if you can see this again.