[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2021-08-09 Thread Bastian
Still present in 20.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2019-10-30 Thread Nicholas Pipitone
I disconnected from Wifi while an sshfs was active, and the /mnt directory was inaccessible afterwords. "ls /mnt" hung. "sudo umount /mnt/mysshfs" hung. "sudo umount -f /mnt/mysshfs" said "target was busy". "sudo umount -l /mnt/mysshfs" worked. Though that's not a nice solution because the file is

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2018-04-20 Thread Thomas Oliveira
It is unfortunate that this bug couldn't be fixed yet, 10 years after it was first reported. I attached a strace log file created by running $ strace -Ff -tt dolphin 2>&1 and a debug file created by running $ sshfs -o password_stdin,debug,sshfs_debug,loglevel=debug,idmap=user as requested by

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2018-04-20 Thread Thomas Oliveira
This also happens to me, using dolphin 16.04.3, sshfs 2.5-1ubuntu1 and Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2018-04-19 Thread Dig Big Brother Jenson
+1 Xubuntu 16.04 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2017-07-01 Thread Jadzia
Still present in Gentoo Linux, up-to-date system (rolling release). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To manage

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2017-03-24 Thread allan999
still present in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2016-03-22 Thread norn
+1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2015-05-25 Thread philsc
Same here. Whenever my VPN connection drops, the complete desktop freezes. Workaround of #36 works for me, but is pretty time consuming and annoying... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2014-05-29 Thread cometdog
Bug reported in 2007, still problem in 2014 on 14.04. Major usability issue. The debian bug linked to above mentions not being able to suspend, which seems like a slightly different problem than the original bug report and not what I am experiencing. Nautilus / files locks up, won't open if it

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2014-05-23 Thread Alex Lubbock
Also affects 14.04 LTS. When the connection times out, I can't open a nautilus window, and any programs accessing data over SSHFS (e.g. rhythmbox in my case) freeze up. Any updates on this issue? This bug has been around for a while... -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2013-11-19 Thread Ken Sharp
The same is true of NFS and SMBFS - the whole back-end is a disaster. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2013-06-16 Thread Kevin LeBlanc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sshfs-fuse/+bug/159031 Hi all, I've been having this problem for quite some time. Whenever I accidentally touch an sshfs mounted directory which is unavailable, I have to run killall sshfs to get things working again. This often happens when I mount a

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2013-03-31 Thread Alexander Obersht
* mount with the ServerAliveInterval option. This workaround only works if the underlying connection can be preserved during the entire session. If the server is rebooted or if the connection itself is unreliable (Wi-Fi, WAN, etc.) we're back to square one. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-11-07 Thread Angelicfury1
Yes. This bug still persists on 12.04 LTS. ** Description changed: This is about Gutsy. I have set-up remote drives mounted over sshfs, which in turns runs over a WiFi connection. + + Edit : Can reproduce this on 12.04 LTS x64 Every now and then, the router reboots itself (crappy ISP,

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-10-07 Thread Thomas Hotz
Does this affect Ubuntu 12.04 LTS? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To manage notifications about this bug go

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-08-16 Thread gcc
** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #656992 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656992 ** Also affects: fedora via https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656992 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** No longer affects: fedora -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-07-18 Thread Carnë Draug
I believe the problem with this is that the connection is reset when there's no traffic which causes sshfs to hang. This is exactly what happens if you leave a ssh terminal open and walk away. Since sshfs simply uses ssh, it will behave the same way. There's many ways to workaound this. *

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-07-04 Thread jaapkroe
I think this bug is not in sshfs, I just installed the latest version (2.4) and the problem persists. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-07-04 Thread jaapkroe
Neither does it seem to be in fuse. Again, I installed the latest version (2.9.0) which also required linux-utils to be updated (installed version 2.21.2). After installing both I recompiled/installed sshfs 2.4. No success. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-04-30 Thread Malte S. Stretz
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #565229 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565229 ** Also affects: sshfs-fuse (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=565229 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2012-04-30 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: sshfs-fuse (Debian) Status: Unknown = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To manage

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-11-12 Thread nh2
Looks like a hung sshfs also breaks hibernating: [58492.144636] PM: Marking nosave pages: 0009d000 - 0010 [58492.144640] PM: Marking nosave pages: da99f000 - dafff000 [58492.144661] PM: Marking nosave pages: db00 - 0001 [58492.145172]

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-10-04 Thread Neal McBurnett
The hotfix by åsmundG (agarfors) in #28 worked for me on maverick - thanks! It may be the same thing as #36, which has a clearer explanation of how to run the umount command, but the --force option to umount isn't in the man page (still true in natty). I haven't tried the patched sshfs yet. --

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-09-06 Thread Liviu Mirea
I've upgraded to sshfs 2.3 using Lekensteyn's PPA ( https://launchpad.net/~lekensteyn/+archive/sshfs ) but my system still hangs when uploading several large files over a sshfs connection over a wi-fi, just like in the bug's description. Is it fixed for everyone else? I'm running Natty, by the

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-09-03 Thread Lekensteyn
SSHFS 2.3 should fix this issue, from http://fuse.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=fuse/sshfs;a=blob_plain;f=ChangeLog : 2011-01-25 Miklos Szeredi mik...@szeredi.hu * Fix cleanup when ssh connection is terminated. This prevents sshfs hanging when the server is rebooted,

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-09-03 Thread Charlie Kravetz
It is too late to upgrade the package in Oneiric, however, perhaps we can get the new version into Debian in time to have it in the next release. --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-09-03 Thread Charlie Kravetz
I have filed Bug 840626 to request this be packaged for the next release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 Title: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection To

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-08-25 Thread Redsandro
Gutsy? I have the same problem in Ubuntu 11.04. There's also an ugly workaround. Problem: When the remote computer mounted with sshfs loses the connection, the local computer (Ubuntu 11.04) freezes all related processes (but not the entire computer) indefinitely. That means usually Nautilus

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-06-09 Thread Jonathan Warner
@Marat BN Normally I would agree, except NFS is ages old and does not freeze applications/the entire operating system when the Network File System goes away. The same applications that freeze when sshfs mounts go away do not freeze when NFS mounts go away. Part of the spec of NFS is that the

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-05-30 Thread dbazim
The consideration of using some kind of modern approach to work with files is good until you ask to rewrite all legacy application. That is not feasible approach as ubuntu should be rewritten as well. I have the Ubuntu 10.04.2 with gnome desktop and the taskbars freeze, gedit freeze, nautilus

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-03-08 Thread Rodd Snook
I just wanted to add another work-around if you find yourself with a hung sshfs mount. I had one, did a forced, lazy unmount, but a number of processes were still blocked (terminals, gvim, nautilus). The solution was to kill -9 the sshfs process (which was still running). This immediately

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-03-08 Thread Marat BN
sshfs makes any remote SSH-accessible file accessible like a regular local file, with the same ancient C file I/O API blocking functions 'fopen(...)'/'fread(...)'/'fwrite(...)' in '/usr/include/stdio.h'. But fundamentally these remain remote files, subject to network latency and timeout issues,

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2011-01-16 Thread Bud Maddock
My emacs session froze when sshfs disconnected. After reading everything related to this bug and other similar bugs I have found a workaround but not a solution. My system disconnected overnight but did not freeze after logging in with these lines sudo fusermount -uz /mnt/remote sudo sshfs -o

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-11-29 Thread åsmundG
I agree this is a severe bug, should affect quite a few. Trying to minimize the bug and learning to live with it in different ways: I'm mounting with this command: sshfs u...@host.com:/users/username /mount/dir -o idmap=user -o allow_other -o reconnect The -reconnect part is important, as it

Re: [Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-11-26 Thread jfburkhart
Confirmed for me as well that these work arounds at least prevent rebooting. Still it seems something in fuse should recognize a dropped connection and have a means to deal with it. John On Nov 26, 2010 8:46 AM, åsmundG 159...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Another hotfix that worked for me is

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-11-25 Thread åsmundG
Another hotfix that worked for me is umount /mount/point -f I sudo-ed it, don't know if that's necessary for all. Also, like above, don't autocomplete path with TAB. This fix made all my hung apps and windows complete their task queues and work as normal. -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-11-17 Thread D
I have two hotfixes/workarounds: Once you encounter the problem: fusermount -u -z mountpoint (directly, don't use TAB!) echo ServerAliveInterval 15 ~/.ssh/config Then after 15 seconds your system should come back to life. -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-09-30 Thread nh2
I also consider this bug as really severe. A sshfs mount in my home broke because I lacked internet connection for some minutes. Now: - Open a terminal. ls. Terminal freezes. - Open a terminal. cd [TAB]. Terminal freezes. - Open ~ in Nautilus. Window appears contentless, then freezes. - Right

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-09-15 Thread PaulGaskin
I would like to add that this bug is excruciating. The way it freezes your terminal is very unpleasant. SSHFS is a great tool, but this bug is a killer. -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-30 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
@Neal McBurnett any others concerned: I attached a script with some information to do automatic unmounting of SSHFS shares when the network goes down (and the opposite, too) to bug #388419. Note that with that work-around I experience bug #610048, and I still have to do manual unmounting to

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-29 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Thanks for that information and attachment. Now could you please try starting sshfs with the following and attach the sshfs log also? sshfs u...@server:/ /media/Server -o debug,sshfs_debug,loglevel=debug port=1,allow_other,default_permissions -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-29 Thread Alexander Obersht
Alright. I redirected log to a file with ~/sshfs.log 21. Is this ok? Full log is attached, but as far as I can tell, there wasn't many messages after connection was lost: --- unique: 2986, opcode: GETATTR (3), nodeid: 1, insize: 56 getattr / [00572] LSTAT unique: 2987, opcode: GETATTR (3),

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-29 Thread Neal McBurnett
While the deeper issues are being worked (thanks folks!) I wonder if it would be a good idea to automatically unmount remotely mounted filesystems when the network goes down, and then remount when it comes up. If so, best practices for doing so would be welcome. Providing a hint here on how to

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-29 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! ** Changed in: sshfs-fuse (Ubuntu)

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-29 Thread Neal McBurnett
My problem with evince (Comment #21) was indeed caused by it trying to get information on previously opened files, which it found in its cache at ~/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/home. That problem cleared up when I used the unmounting method recommended early on in this report: fusermount -u -z

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-28 Thread Alexander Obersht
I experience exactly the same behavior in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). Both client system use 64-bit versions of Ubuntu. I can also confirm that kill command doesn't terminate Nautilus process (even with SIGKILL). -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-28 Thread Alexander Obersht
A portion of syslog, related to this bug. --- Steps to reproduce: 1) Mount a remote file system. The command I used was sshfs u...@server:/ /media/Server -o port=1,allow_other,default_permissions. 2) Open the remote file system in Nautilus. Open a text file from the remote file system in

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-21 Thread Charlie Kravetz
@Shevek: This is being treated as a serious issue. Unfortunately, from the supplied information, no one seems to be able to resolve the issue. Are you able to give a good resolution to this? If so, please help us with it. -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-07-21 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Perhaps we can obtain some further information from ssh-fuse. Logs with debugging output can be useful for diagnosing the problem. Try running sshfs with the following options: sshfs -odebug,sshfs_debug,loglevel=debug ... and attach the plain text log files. Thanks for helping. -- computer

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-05-30 Thread Shevek
You can't mark this bug as incomplete because someone can't get a stack trace from a system which is frozen. Also, strace doesn't generate stack traces. It generates system call traces, and any intelligent developer can tell you that everything's hung in read(). This bug is presumably related to

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-05-13 Thread userfriendly
I'm usually connected to one of my web servers via sshfs+fuse and I've been having this exact issue with Nautilus ever since I started using Ubuntu. Then 6.06, now 10.04. My internet provider in their infinite wisdom insists on disconnecting their customers once every 24 hours. Of course the

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-05-03 Thread smlefo
@Charlie - oops, yeah, I mount as a user... ignore the sudo in the first command. I have to sudo to umount... not to mount. -smlefo -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-05-03 Thread Ville Ranki
I think this is combination of 2 bugs: - Nautilus freezes because of network failure - Panels are frozen because of nautilus hangs Really annoying and happens often when network connection is not well. -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-05-02 Thread smlefo
I have this problem in Ubuntu 10.4... 1. sshfs mount a directory: $ sudo sshfs example.com example 2. open up nautilus, gedit, system monitor, etc... 3. network failure 4. kill gedit... nautilus and system monitor can't be killed, and need a hard reboot to fix I will attempt to post a stack

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-05-02 Thread Charlie Kravetz
@smlefo: You can not mount sshfs using the method you have given. I would suggest taking a look at the documentation. SSHFS is designed to be used by the user, not by root. Any mount using 'sudo' is not being mounted by the user and will fail. -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-03-18 Thread Charlie Kravetz
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a Strace following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures and upload the stacktrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-02-21 Thread DH
I get this same behaviour when I mount a samba share and then the samba shared computer gets turned off. Nautilus becomes completely unresponsive. Any windows that were open are frozen and any new windows will not open until the samba server is turned back on. -- computer freezes when sshfs

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2010-02-19 Thread Robert
I get something similar: 1.) Mount sshfs filesystems from Virtual Machine 2.) Turn off the virutal machine - forget to unmount first 3.) Nautilus crashes when I start it -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 You received this bug

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2009-07-17 Thread jfburkhart
Any update on this? I jaunty I get the same behavior. It frequently happens for me if I : 1) Mount sshfs filesystems 2) cd to them 3) turn on a VPN ... then I have other sshfs mounts that I can connect to after the VPN is connected. They seem okay, but the other mount points completely freeze

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2008-11-13 Thread Daniel T Chen
** Changed in: sshfs-fuse (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium Status: New = Confirmed -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2008-08-30 Thread James Collier
** Changed in: sshfs-fuse (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = sshfs-fuse -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2008-08-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Happens to me on Hardy. steps to recreate: 1. mount a samba share (smbmount) 2. open location in nautilus, then close window. (not even really necessary) 3. pull out the LAN wire (simulate network failure) 4. goto PlacesHome Folder window doesn't open up; sometimes the panels also freeze;

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2008-07-21 Thread forkmantis
This happens to me on Edgy, Hardy, as well as Linux Mint Elysa and Dariana. -- computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159031 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2008-01-24 Thread zoby
I also have this problem (and a crappy ISP). Most of the times I just go to console mode, unmount the drive (fusermount -u -z /media/name_of_drive) and then remount when connection is available again. However, if I have one nautilus window open the whole system freezes. -- computer freezes when

[Bug 159031] Re: computer freezes when sshfs blocks waiting for connection

2008-01-21 Thread Albert Cardona
I have had similar experiences. I suspect the culprit is the nm-applet and/or NetworkManager itself, which goes into a thread-lock. I reported this so long ago, and yet nothing has been done about it. The issue appears only when repeatedly falling of a wireless network and reconnecting to it.