Here a workaround for the gnome-panel crash problem in Red Hat Linux 8.0

Description of Problem:
When logging in, gnome-panel gives an error and crashes. Gnome seems to attempt to restart the panel with the same outcome.



Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Login to gnome.
2. Move panel to left or right side of screen
3. Logout
4. Log back in

To fix this problem:
1. Download ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS/gnome-panel-2.0.9-2.i386.rpm
2. Install this packages as root with rpm -Uvh gnome-panel-2.0.9-2.i386.rpm
3. Restart X-Windows