Please see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=549760#c6 for another workaround using gconf:
"Setting /apps/gksu/disable-grab to True makes the problem disappear." Hopefully this sheds some light on the core issue so we can get it fixed for real :) -- System Monitor crashes when lowering nice value of process https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206583 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
