One of the pre-release karmic updates appears to have solved this
problem.
I believe this bug is closed.
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Panel orientation moves from bottom to top after VM resize
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431254
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Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-panel
When resizing the VirtualBox window of a VM running karmic the bottom
panel moves to the top. In the Panel Properties the Orintation has been
changed from Bottom to Top.
To reproduce:
1. Install karmic in a Virtual Box VM (host is jaunty)
2.