I'm not sure where gnome-panel is getting its settings, but this patch totally releaves all of my symptoms and allows gnome-panel to load, and then not chew up all my CPU (works as before).
** Attachment added: "This patch makes gnome_panel not freak out if it can't find what we're looking for" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31986022/fix_gnome-panel_false_multimonitor.debdiff -- gnome panel eats up all CPU time and still refuses to load. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427619 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs