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Description of problem:
while first setting up my gnome desktop, i deleted the bottom panel
and put everything on the top panel.  when i tried to reactivate the
rhn-applet icon, i discovered that it wouldn't work on a top panel.  i
tried to set up a new bottom panel and then replace the applet, but
that didn't work either.  with both panels i used the menu item
supplied to attempt replacement; it didn't occur to me to try the
command line.  three days later, after i updated some things from raw
hide (namely system-config*, gconf, gpdf, and several others i can't
remember), i logged into gnome and the initial splash screen stayed on
for something like a minute, freezing on the last part where it says
red hat network monitor.  every time i logged in, it did this, until i
rpm -e'd rhn-applet.  that fixed the splash problem.  something else i
wish i had done but didn't was check ps after the reinstall attempt to
see if it was just the icon missing.  no crash was reported.  hope
this helps.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhn-applet-2.11.1-1

How reproducible:
Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start with basic core3test3
2.delete bottom panel on gnome desktop
3.click menu>system>redhatnetworkhelper(or something like that)
4.upgrade random parts of redhat gui system tools
5.logout then login to gnome
    

Actual Results:  rhn-applet went awol then splash went screwy

Expected Results:  icon on panel 

Additional info:

laptop: compaq 2178cl: nothing special