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How can I make a gnome panel only appear if I have a second monitor hooked up?

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I have a laptop with Ubuntu installed on it and I'm constantly switching from just my laptop to also having a monitor. When I'm using the laptop screen and monitor, I have a panel on each monitor that shows the windows open for that monitor. If I switch to just using the laptop screen, then both pa…

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Try setting the screen option for this panel via gconf-editor. Run gconf-editor and navigate to the panel options at (your panel name may vary slightly). You should see an option screen as shown below. Try configuring this to your liking. I'm not su…

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