diff -aurN fbpanel-4.1.orig/panel.c fbpanel-4.1/panel.c
--- fbpanel-4.1.orig/panel.c	2004-12-23 18:26:05.000000000 +0100
+++ fbpanel-4.1/panel.c	2005-05-02 18:56:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "plugin.h"
 #include "panel.h"
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@
 #include "gtkbgbox.h"
 
 static gchar *cfgfile = NULL;
+time_t last_config_poll = 0;
+
+/* Array of config files to watch */
+GArray *config_files = NULL;
+
 static gchar version[] = VERSION;
 gchar *cprofile = "default";
 
@@ -257,6 +263,26 @@
 panel_configure_event (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventConfigure *e, panel *p)
 {
     ENTER;
+
+    if ((time(NULL) - last_config_poll) > 10)
+    {
+    	int i;
+	struct stat cfgstat;
+	watched_file f;
+    	
+    	for (i = 0; i < config_files->len; i++)
+    	{
+	    f = g_array_index(config_files, watched_file, i);
+	    stat(f.filename, &cfgstat);
+	    if (cfgstat.st_mtime > f.mtime)
+    	    {
+		gtk_main_quit();
+	    }
+	}
+	
+	last_config_poll = time(NULL);
+    }
+
     if (e->width == p->cw && e->height == p->ch && e->x == p->cx && e->y == p->cy)
         RET(TRUE);
     p->cw = e->width;
@@ -705,6 +731,10 @@
     ENTER;
     fname = g_strdup_printf("%s/.fbpanel/%s", getenv("HOME"), profile);
     if ((fp = fopen(fname, "r"))) {
+        watched_file f;
+        f.filename = fname;
+        f.mtime = time(NULL);
+        g_array_append_val(config_files, f);
         cfgfile = fname;
         if (verbose)
             ERR("Using %s\n", fname);
@@ -713,9 +743,13 @@
     //ERR("Can't load %s\n", fname);
     g_free(fname);
     
-    /* check private configuration directory */
-    fname = g_strdup_printf("%s/share/fbpanel/%s", PREFIX, profile);
+    /* check system-wide configuration directory */
+    fname = g_strdup_printf("/etc/fbpanel/%s", profile);
     if ((fp = fopen(fname, "r"))) {
+        watched_file f;
+        f.filename = fname;
+        f.mtime = time(NULL);
+        g_array_append_val(config_files, f);
         cfgfile = fname;
         if (verbose)
             ERR("Using %s\n", fname);
@@ -793,6 +827,19 @@
     do {
         if (verbose)
             ERR("starting panel\n");
+        if (config_files)
+        {
+	    int i;
+	    watched_file w;
+	    for (i = 0; i < config_files->len; i++)
+	    {
+	    	w = g_array_index(config_files, watched_file, i);
+	    	g_free(w.filename);
+	    }
+	    g_array_free(config_files, TRUE);
+	}
+        config_files = g_array_new(FALSE, FALSE, sizeof(watched_file));
+
         if (!(pfp = open_profile(cprofile)))
             exit(1);
         p = g_new0(panel, 1);
diff -aurN fbpanel-4.1.orig/panel.h fbpanel-4.1/panel.h
--- fbpanel-4.1.orig/panel.h	2004-12-22 18:46:00.000000000 +0100
+++ fbpanel-4.1/panel.h	2005-05-02 18:56:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@
 
 extern command commands[];
 
+typedef struct {
+    gchar *filename;
+    time_t mtime;
+} watched_file;
+
+extern GArray *config_files;
+
 extern gchar *cprofile;
 
 extern Atom a_UTF8_STRING;
diff -aurN fbpanel-4.1.orig/plugin.c fbpanel-4.1/plugin.c
--- fbpanel-4.1.orig/plugin.c	2004-12-22 20:58:55.000000000 +0100
+++ fbpanel-4.1/plugin.c	2005-05-02 18:56:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         DBG("opening %s\n", str->str);
         if (!m) {
             DBG("%s\n", g_module_error());
-            g_string_printf(str, "%s/share/fbpanel/plugins/%s.so", PREFIX, type);
+            g_string_printf(str, "%s/lib/fbpanel/plugins/%s.so", PREFIX, type);
             m = g_module_open(str->str, G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL | G_MODULE_BIND_LAZY);
             DBG("opening %s\n", str->str);
         }
diff -aurN fbpanel-4.1.orig/plugins/menu.c fbpanel-4.1/plugins/menu.c
--- fbpanel-4.1.orig/plugins/menu.c	2004-12-22 15:51:55.000000000 +0100
+++ fbpanel-4.1/plugins/menu.c	2005-05-02 19:02:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@
     }
 
     if ((fi = fopen(name, "r"))) {
+        watched_file f;
+        f.filename = name;
+        f.mtime = time(NULL);
+        g_array_append_val(config_files, f);
         ERR("Including %s\n", name);
-        g_free(name);
     }
     else {
         ERR("Can't include %s\n", name);
@@ -336,7 +339,7 @@
     mi = read_submenu(p, 0);
     //bg_set_transparent_background(mi, p->panel);
     if (!mi) {
-        ERR("menu: plugin init failde\n");
+        ERR("menu: plugin init failed\n");
         goto error;
     }
     gtk_menu_shell_append (GTK_MENU_SHELL (m->mainw), mi);