(In reply to comment #70) > Also getting this bug (Ubutu 12.04 - KDE 4.8.5). I usually get by using the > following: > 1. Lazy unmount of the problematic mount point (sudo umount -l > /mnt/mountpoint). > 2. Restart plasma : killall plasma-desktop && plasma-desktop That allows the > panel to unfreeze. Unfortunately, it also pollutes the notification area > with lots of spurious notification entries, resulting in a smaller > (width-speaking) taskbar/paenl. I have to manually hide those to get back to > the actual panel width (see screenshot). > > Is there something we can do to help as users (getting backtraces, etc) so > that this problem is fixed?
Forgot to mention that you'll also need to restart krunner in this case, otherwise you'll also lose handling of some keyboard shortcuts (esp Ctl- Alt-L to lock your desktop). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdebase-workspace in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/406154 Title: [karmic] plasma panel freezes for a few seconds when opening a usb drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/406154/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
