strange XFCE4 quirks

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:48:48 -0400 (EDT)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > I've started to run up a list of odd behaviors in XFCE4.  I'm not sure
> > if some of them are user-error, or something specific to my
> > configuration, or genuine problems:
> >
> > 1) gkrellm2 doesn't always obey the "don't appear on taskbar".  If i
> > go into the gkrellm2 configuration, and turn off, and then back on the
> > option, then it stops showing up on the taskbar, until i log out of
> > XFCE4 and back in again.  This could be a gkrellm2 bug, but i'm not
> > sure.
>
> Works for me. I do have a similar problem with xmms, where I have to
> reapply sticky state after a restart. Olivier can't reproduce that,
> though ...

I dunno, it won't work on any of my boxes.

> > 2) xfce4-panel keeps showing up collapsed in the upper left hand
> > corner of the screen.  Basically, i like to have it auto-hide, based
> > vertically, in the lower right hand corner.  Yet, if i log out and
> > back in again, it defaults  to the upper left hand corner, vertically,
> > collapsed, so that it looks like this thin silver  bar.  As soon as i
> > mouse over it, it'unhides' and then i drag it back to the lower right
> > corner, and life is good until i log out again.
>
> This sounds suspiciously like a bug I fix a couple of days ago. When did
> you update the panel last?

About a week ago, so its most likely the bug biting me.  thanks.

> > 3) I can't figure out how to make the lock/logout icons appear
> > side-by-side in a vertical xfce4-panel session.  They keep insisting
> > on appearing on top of eachother instead, which uses more realestate
> > than i'd like.
>
> For size medium or large, the buttons are side-by-side; for smaller
> sizes they are in the direction of the panel.

I've got it set to small, and they still don't appear side-by-side.
changed it to tiny, and still they're on top of eachother.

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