Comment 23 for bug 1014494

Mint Cinamon 16, multiload-indicator v0.3:
Start OK from the command line, and occupies al lthe space necessary.
When auto-starting during login, or after some other applets are added/removed, it is shrunk to a standard icon size. Quitting and restarting it manually with Alt-F2 fixes the problem temporarily.

It looks like interworking problem between system tray and the indicator. Initial startup takes the space as required, but automatic resizing/moving screws screws up the size of the applet. Perhaps the applet need to intercept and process some "resize" event? (only guessing here, as I am not famliar with the panel API).