This is because popup menus do a screen grab so that you can only click on them. If an application freezes when it has a screen grab the whole display freezes.
** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: compiz => xorg-server -- compiz/metacity/desktop hangs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/232068 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
