[kde-linux] panel autohide stopped working

[Jonathan Kaye]

Jonathan Kaye wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm running Debian Lenny (2.6.26-1) with a KDE desktop using Kicker
> 4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-5. After a recent upgrade (AFAIK not directly related to
> KDE) my favourite KDE feature, the Kicker autohide) suddenly stopped
> working. I have repeatedly used the Config Panel applet to set Hide
> automatically (after 3 sec) but I can remove my cursor for 2 hours and the
> panel is still not hidden. Any hints about how to fix this or at least a
> way to diagnose the problem?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> Cheers,
> Jonathan

After 3 or 4 days the well known KDE self-healing module activated itself.
The problem described above disappeared as mysteriously as it arrived. I
did not reboot during this period. Oh well. Some things we were just not
meant to understand ;-)
Cheers,
Jonathan