diff -up gdm-2.28.1/data/session-setup.entries.tray-padding gdm-2.28.1/data/session-setup.entries
--- gdm-2.28.1/data/session-setup.entries.tray-padding	2009-10-31 18:07:29.437799765 -0400
+++ gdm-2.28.1/data/session-setup.entries	2009-10-31 18:08:20.758793871 -0400
@@ -761,5 +761,11 @@
         <string>bottom_right</string>
       </value>
     </entry>
+    <entry>
+      <key>/apps/notification_area_applet/prefs/padding</key>
+      <value>
+        <int>3</int>
+      </value>
+    </entry>
   </entrylist>
 </gconfentryfile>