10.10 desktop panel problem

[Tom Bell]

On 10/13/2010 9:26 AM, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 13/10/2010 15:07, pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote:
>> I've had a similar problem since kdesc 4.3 and kubuntu 9.04 and I've
>> always assumed it's related to defining an external monitor as the first
>> screen and the internal as the second. Seems kind of an odd way to think
>> about things, but if you find a solution I'd love to hear it.
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "O. Sinclair"<o.sinclair at gmail.com>
>> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 6:58:35 AM
>> Subject: 10.10 desktop panel problem
>>
>> Have an irritating problem with the plasma panel after installing 10.10
>>
>> I frequently use an external monitor and when I connect to that (being
>> larger than the laptop LCD) the panel does not automatically resize but
>> keeps a fixed size at the bottom of the screen. Have to unlock widgets
>> and resize panel every time.
>>
>> Anyone knows if there is an "rc" file somewhere or if I missed a
>> "automatically maximize panel" setting somewhere?
>>
> Nope that is not it - on my laptop LDVS is first, then VGA. In fact it
> worked fine on 10.04 with the reversed order...
>
>
Sorry about the misunderstanding over the panel.  Is the screen set to a 
larger display size (1920X1024?) as opposed to the smaller one of the 
laptop screen (1024X768?).  That may be the determining factor.

Tom