On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:44:01 -0400 Sridhar Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Richard van der Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06/06/23 11:56] > typed : > > ... when i open a menu in the top -bar the last two (places & > > System) are opening OK, but when i open the application menu it > > starts flickering and i can not click any item in it. Did anybody > > recognize this and maybe knows what is wrong? ... Do i just need to > > wait for new updates? ... > > I run Gnome on Sid and I face the exact problem. I don't recall when > it appeared but I have been experiencing this for at least a couple of > months now. > > For me, gnome starts up normally. When I click on the application > menu, the menu starts flickering. Running top shows that the > gnome-panel is consuming almost all the CPU. Killing it (causing the > panel to restart) fixes the CPU consumption problem. > > I have been updating anything that I can find related to gnome panel > but as I said earlier, the problem has persisted for a while. It > doesn't bother me too much as I have learned to use Alt-F2 to start my > applications. > > I tried moving my .gnome* files out of the way as suggested in another > response, but the problem is still there. > > sridhar Make sure that all of the following packages are installed: gnome-menus libgnome-menu2 menu menu-xdg That should fix it. menu-xdg is recommended by gnome-panel. The dependency should be stronger. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]