changing gnome-panel properties doesn't apply instantly

[Adam Reviczky]

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

1)
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

2)
gnome-panel:
  Installed: 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3)
Running from a Beta LiveCD i386 (Visual Effects enabled: Normal) by changing gnome-panel properties at the bottom panel changes should be applied instantly.

4)
By changing gnome-panel properties at the bottom panel changes are applied but not visible. By changing the panel size forth and back the changes gets visible.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 3 10:19:21 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Beta i386 (20090929.2)
Package: gnome-panel 1:2.28.0-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: gnome-panel
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

[Adam Reviczky (reviczky)]

I can reproduce this bug with the following steps:
1) starting the LiveCD
2) connecting to a wireless network
3) add main repository source and update
4) install xchat
5) change workspaces to 4 columns
6) change panel properties "show hide buttons":ON and "arrows on hide buttons":OFF
--> changes to the panel at stage 6 aren't visible!
changing anything (after this step) on the bottom panel is not visible

[Adam Reviczky (reviczky)]

additional info:
no related bugs upstream

[Adam Reviczky (reviczky)]

There is an easier way to reproduce this:
1) open gnome-panel properties
2) fast klicking on "Show hide buttons" and "Arrow on hide buttons" to enable/disable it (more the once) breaks the visual applying

[Adam Reviczky (reviczky)]

moved it to compiz, since there's no problem when compiz is disabled.

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 342980, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.