They failing applets are quitting (and cleaning up the socket that gnome-panel is looking for). From the strace for bonobo-activation- server (bonobo-activation-server has its output redirected to /dev/null, so it doesn't get stored anywhere):
1713 14:15:51.291582 write(2, "\n(window-picker-applet:1713): Bonobo-WARNING **: Never got frame, control died - abnormal exit condition\n", 105) = 105 1713 14:15:51.299865 write(2, "\n(window-picker-applet:1713): Bonobo-WARNING **: Leaked a total of 4 refs to 2 bonobo object(s)\n", 96) = 96 I don't know where else to look. ** Attachment added: "bonobo-activation-server.trace" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33370867/bonobo-activation-server.trace -- Series of GNOME errors upon startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426965 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs