I too am having this same issue. My situation may echo comment #17 (auto-hide on bottom triggers?) and #15 (generally hosed OS after onset). For me it started at the next boot after I had created an always-on-top panel at the bottom and also an auto-hide panel at the bottom. (rationale side note: This was to give me my always-want-to-see status info and allow my occasionally-want-to-see menus to overlay that so as to conserve desktop real estate.) My configuration worked fine for me during the session I created it, that is, for perhaps an hour after making the settings. The next time I booted in, gnome-panel deadlocks a CPU and consumes all 4GB memory, same as the OP stated.
I had skype installed, but have removed it after other commentators raised suspicions. That alone hasn't helped. I also have a hibernated NTFS partition, as mentioned in comment #12. Not sure it's relevant, but I do have a cairo-dock on that same bottom desktop area, meaning the two seem to compete for focus and painting, but it appeared to run fine until this bug started. I'm a linux noob, and am having some challenge following http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash while my OS is in its currently hosed state. Are more backtraces still needed? -- gnome-panel freeze/infinite loop/memory leak https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432794 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
