> 	No matter how many times I configure the panel, when I restart X
> 	(either because I logged out, rebooted the box, etc.), I lose all
> 	panel settings for 'external' applets.  It looks like the files in 
> 	~/.gnome/panel.d/ all are present and look AFAICT correct.  However,
> 	my clock applet, CPU load applet and mixer applet never stay more 
> 	than a session (sometime, I can't even add them, they simply never 
> 	make it to the panel).

I'm seeing exactly the same. About to reconfigure without 
session-management :-(


Martin