that could be the same issue than bug #29640 which has been fixed for dapper, marking as fixed. Feel free to reopen if that's not the case and you still have the issue with dapper
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- adding arbitrary applet to panel https://launchpad.net/bugs/36600 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs