[Bug 85549] gnome-panel freezes when pppd is running

[Corrado]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

[feisty uptodate on 16 feb (about a couple of week that this happens)]
login correctly with gdm.
(happens with or without the windows decorators (beryl, etc)

Everything works perfectly if i don't connect to internet (throught eth0 and ethernet modem -> rp-pppoe)
As soon as i connect (pppd running) 2 things can happen?

1. if i go over any menu with mouse pointer in gnome-panel taskbars it
freezes. every else continue to work but it. if i disconnect and killall
gnome-panel and restart it, everything come back to normality. (I can
kill it becouse i have a terminal opened)

2 if i want to open a contextual menu with right mouse button or on a
window with left or right mouse button gdm freezes. i need to restart it
(CTRL-ALT-BS) open the emergency terminal, killall gnome-panel,
disconnect and login again and everything come back.

Need to do this every time i connect to internet with pon.

Hope this would help!
Ready to send other infos.

** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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gnome-panel freezes when pppd is running
https://launchpad.net/bugs/85549