Re: KDE newbie problem: desktop Panel reserving space on the other screen!

["Jonathan Arnold" <user=619@nabble.blu.org>]

 Brendan Kidwell wrote: 
> I've been using Ubuntu with GNOME for almost a year now. This week on my 
> laptop and on my work desktop I switched to KDE. 
> 
> On my work desktop, I have two screens, and I'm using xinerama to control 
> that. I'm using the KDE 3 that's released with Ubuntu 7.10, not a KDE 4 
> beta. 
> 
> If I put a KDE panel (the main panel, a new one, whatever) on the TOP of 
> screen 1: 
> * The panel reserves a certain vertical space on the top of screen 1 and 
> paints itself there. App windows can't be placed in that space. (okay) 
> * The panel ALSO reserves the same vertical space on the top of screen 2 and 
> leaves it as whitespace. App windows can't be placed here either. (BAD) 
> 
> If I put a KDE panel on the BOTTOM of screen 1: 
> * The panel reserves vertical space on the bottom of screen 1, paints 
> itself. (okay) 
> * The bottom of screen 2 appears to behave NORMALLY. Windows can be placed 
> there. (okay) 
> 
> Try placing the panel on Screen 2 and the inverse happens (Screen 1 
> misbehaves).