Yes this bug occurs a after a random time.
Very annoying.
When it happens I have a very clumsy solution for it:
CTRL-ALT-F1(or F2, F3,....)
login as root
pkill gnome-panel
And then CTRL-ALT F7 or CTRL-ALT F9 (depending where the graphical X session is)
Then you have a working desktop again.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty

uname -a
Linux 2.6.28-11-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009 i686 
GNU/Linux
$ apt-cache showpkg gnome-panel
Package: gnome-panel
Versions:
1:2.26.0-0ubuntu6 (/var/lib/apt/lists/nl.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_
main_binary-i386_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
Description Language:
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/nl.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jau
nty_main_binary-i386_Packages
MD5: 02085226815ba9e6a5733ab8ea00c173

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gnome panel keeps freezing randomly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332563
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