Comment 24 for bug 39856

I recently upgraded to Gutsy 7.10 and I am experiencing this problem as well. I also use the bottom panel as a launcher for commonly used programs. Upon logout and login the panel aligns itself directly under the fixed top panel. To get it back down to the bottom I must first check the expand button then switch the drop-down menu to bottom, then uncheck the expand button in order to achieve the desired look. I am using a IBM thinkpad R31 with 512MB ram.