Description of problem: After upgrading an existing FC 5 installation with XFCE to FC6, yum update updates the XFCE installation to XFCE 4.3.99.1. Part of this update includes xfce4-panel. However, the new installation of XFCE Panel appears to erase the previous user configuration and replace it with a default configuration. I am not sure if this is due to the Fedora package or if it comes from upstream. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xfce4-panel-4.3.99.1-7.fc6.i386.rpm. How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Create a Fedora Core 5 system with a customized XFCE 4 panel configuration. 2. Upgrade to FC 6 using the October 23 ISO set. 3. After the restart, log into GNOME and perform a yum -y update that includes Extras. You may need to repair any issues caused by bug 211941. 4. Reboot and go into your XFCE session. Actual results: 1. XFCE Panel has a default configuration of buttons. Expected results: 1. XFCE Panel has the previously-selected configuration, or else the previous configuration is backed up and recoverable. Additional info:
Alas, this is an upstream issue... The changes in the panel to support things like multiple pannels and transparency, etc have made the old configuration not usable with the new version. See the debian bug at: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-xfce-devel/2006-June/001922.html I'll do some more looking around and see if there is anything further to be done to get around the problem, but it doesn't look too promising.
I don't see any way to work around this... 4.4 uses a diffrent config format. See also: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2482 I am going to go ahead and close this bug now. If anyone comes up with a solution, I would love to hear it. Sorry for the trouble in reconfiguring your panel settings. ;(