thank you for your work, it's clearly not a gnome-panel issue so closing this bug
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/736730 Title: gnome-panel in uninterruptible sleep after system call -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs