diff -aurN fbpanel-4.3.orig/panel.c fbpanel-4.3/panel.c
--- fbpanel-4.3.orig/panel.c	2005-05-08 09:46:40.000000000 +0200
+++ fbpanel-4.3/panel.c	2006-08-20 12:38:19.000000000 +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";
 
@@ -243,6 +249,26 @@
 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;
@@ -700,17 +726,25 @@
     fp = fopen(fname, "r");
     LOG(LOG_INFO, "   %s %s\n", fname, fp ? "ok" : "no");
     if (fp) {
+        watched_file f;
+        f.filename = fname;
+        f.mtime = time(NULL);
+        g_array_append_val(config_files, f);
         cfgfile = fname;
         RET(fp);
     }
     //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);
     fp = fopen(fname, "r");
     LOG(LOG_INFO, "   %s %s\n", fname, fp ? "ok" : "no");
     if (fp) {
+        watched_file f;
+        f.filename = fname;
+        f.mtime = time(NULL);
+        g_array_append_val(config_files, f);
         cfgfile = fname;
         RET(fp);
     }
@@ -791,6 +825,19 @@
     }
     signal(SIGUSR1, sig_usr);
     do {
+        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-4.3.orig/panel.h fbpanel-4.3/panel.h
--- fbpanel-4.3.orig/panel.h	2005-05-07 12:26:55.000000000 +0200
+++ fbpanel-4.3/panel.h	2006-08-20 12:38:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@
 
 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-4.3.orig/plugin.c fbpanel-4.3/plugin.c
--- fbpanel-4.3.orig/plugin.c	2005-05-29 06:02:03.000000000 +0200
+++ fbpanel-4.3/plugin.c	2006-08-20 12:38:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
         LOG(LOG_INFO, "   %s ... %s\n", str->str, m ? "ok" : "no");
         if (!m) {
             DBG("error is %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_LAZY);
             LOG(LOG_INFO, "   %s ... %s\n", str->str, m ? "ok" : "no");
             if (!m) {
diff -aurN fbpanel-4.3.orig/plugins/menu.c fbpanel-4.3/plugins/menu.c
--- fbpanel-4.3.orig/plugins/menu.c	2005-05-21 06:58:55.000000000 +0200
+++ fbpanel-4.3/plugins/menu.c	2006-08-20 12:38:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -247,9 +247,13 @@
         }
     }
     if ((fp = fopen(name, "r"))) {
+        watched_file f;
         LOG(LOG_INFO, "Including %s\n", name);
         m->files = g_slist_prepend(m->files, p->fp);
         p->fp = fp;
+        f.filename = name;
+        f.mtime = time(NULL);
+        g_array_append_val(config_files, f);
     } else {
         ERR("Can't include %s\n", name);
     }