Bug#538874: kdebase: kde panel fails to autohide after plugging in a device

[ben <bwpearre@gmail.com>]

Package: kdebase
Version: 4:4.2.4-1
Severity: normal


This bug is against the kde panel.  I'm sorry but I do not know what
package is responsible for that--there's no more "kicker", no debian
kde package matches "*panel*", and there's no "About" item in the
panel menu.  Perhaps lack of identifiability is another bug?

Anyway.  My panel is set to autohide.  But if I plug in or unplug a
device, then a little box pops up saying so.  The problem: this box
pops up in a random virtual desktop (I'm using Sawfish), and is
impossible to find without flipping through them all.  Moreover, as
long as that box exists, the panel will not autohide.  So the panel
stays up, covering the bottoms of my windows, until I manually flip
through all of my virtual desktops, find the "device plugged in" box,
and pass the mouse through it, go back to my original window, and pass
the mouse in and out of the panel.

Expected behaviour:

(1) don't make the device box require the panel be visible.

(2) make sure that the device box pops up in the current desktop, or
    all desktops?

(3) alternatively, let me disable the device popup.  systemsettings
    doesn't make it obvious how to do that.

Thanks!
-Ben

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages kdebase depends on:
ii  dolphin                       4:4.2.4-1  file manager for KDE 4
ii  kappfinder                    4:4.2.4-1  non-KDE application finder for KDE
ii  kdebase-bin                   4:4.2.4-1  core binaries for the KDE 4 base m
ii  kdepasswd                     4:4.2.4-1  password changer for KDE 4
ii  kfind                         4:4.2.4-1  file search utility for KDE 4
ii  konqueror                     4:4.2.4-1  KDE 4's advanced file manager, web
ii  konqueror-nsplugins           4:4.2.4-1  Netscape plugin support for Konque
ii  konsole                       4:4.2.4-1  X terminal emulator for KDE 4
ii  kwrite                        4:4.2.4-1  text editor for KDE 4
ii  libkonq5                      4:4.2.4-1  core libraries for Konqueror
ii  plasma-widget-folderview      4:4.2.4-1  Folder View Plasma widget

kdebase recommends no packages.

kdebase suggests no packages.

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