Quick report Updated to kde 4.8.1 using sulfur and limbo repo After reboot lower panel no longer appeared (just right click dt and select add panel>default) Widgets from previous dt no longer loaded at kde start (just added them back manually)
And still having (but not as bad) the kde 4.8.0 usb crash problem If you want logs just yell out but give me a few days as I have more important tasks
