Bug#646687: gnome-panel: freezes after trying to resize a window

[Stéphane Glondu]

Am 26.10.2011 10:34, schrieb Stéphane Glondu:
> When I add something to the panel (alt + right click on it), a
> seemingly resizable window pops up. When I try to resize it, it
> doesn't work, and the whole graphical part of the window manager
> freezes: I can no longer access the panel's menus, I can no longer
> switch desktop using awesome's panel (but awesome's shortcuts still
> work). When I "killall gnome-panel", it restarts and everything goes
> back in place. Resizing windows from random applications (I tried
> unison and gedit) works.

Well... it also happens with the "open file" dialog box of, say, gedit.
Actually, it seems that the mouse stops working altogether: the pointer
still works, but the GUI is not reactive to it, even in unrelated
applications (e.g. Icedove).

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Stéphane