KDE taskbar strangeness

[O. Sinclair]

On 20/11/2011 21:16, Clay Weber wrote:
> It is iirc a known issue, can't remember the bug # but it is mentioned
> in the 11.10 release notes. You can fix it as it occurs by either
> logging out or killing plasma-desktop and restarting it
>
> from alt-f2:
> kquitapp plasma-desktop
> followed by another alt-f2:
> plasma-desktop
>
> Messing with .kde etc. will not fix this.
>
> Clay
> --
> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>
> Paul Kaplan <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>     Same problem for all users? If not, try renaming ~/.kde . You'll
>     have to recreate your customizations, but you may have a corrupt
>     config file somewhere.
>     Paul
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From: *"Ronnie Tucker" <ronnie at ronnietucker.co.uk>
>     *To: *kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>     *Sent: *Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:55:45 AM
>     *Subject: *KDE taskbar strangeness
>
>     I'm not quite sure how to describe my KDE 4.7.2 task bar problem, so
>     I'm
>     hoping that a screenshot can explain it:
>     http://i.imgur.com/rHx0P.jpg
>
>     When I first start Kubuntu everything is dandy, but after a while the
>     window button on the task bar starts to get thinner and thinner and
>     moves from first place to, well, where ever it seems to want to go.
>
>     In the screenshot (above) it shows Google Chrome as the active window,
>     but it could be any application. And it could be on any of my four
>     desktops.
>
>     I've tried forcing one row in the panel settings, but that makes it
>     even
>     worse and the button becomes about two/three pixels in height.
>
>     Is it a known bug, or just me being a jinx?
>
Can confirm it happens to me as well, mainly on desktop 2 (I only use 2) 
but on desktop 1 sometimes too.