Code: ls -l ~/.config/xfce4/ | grep panel && ls -l ~/.config/xfce4/ ls -l ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf && ls -l ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/

Code: mv ~/.xsession-errors ~/.xsession-errors.BAK

Code: pastebinit ~/.xsession-errors.BAK

A couple of things to check to make sure that the save of the settings isn't being prevented.1. Make sure you own the ~/.config/xfce4/panel and ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/ directories and files. From a terminal prompt:2. Check to see if xfce is crashing on logout. Logout and go to the first tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1). Login to the text screen there and save the .xsession-errors file (it will be over-written on next login):Go back to the GUI screen (Ctrl+Alt+F7), log back in and post the contents of ~/.xsession-errors.BAK. You can use pastebinit for this:...and post back the link that is generated.