There's probably something that initiated the gnome-panel to load on startup. This report is old. Have you tried this in Ubuntu 9.10?
** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Incomplete -- gnome panel displayed in a kubuntu session https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410149 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs