Hmmmm, I may have been a little premature - I have had two shell-hangs now, 1 each on a different machine - both with the below configuration. It's a lot less frequent than before, but I still seem to be getting some.
Gnome-shell 3.4.1 vmplayer 4.0.2 build-591240 Ubuntu 12.04 kernel 3.2.0-24 generic drivers on ATI graphics -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869408 Title: gnome-shell hangs when switching to a running VMWare Player Window in Activities menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/869408/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs