Thanks for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use. Do you have an example of application to run to trigger the issue quickly? Could you get a backtrace when that happens using gdb: - gdb $(pidof wnck-applet) (gdb) thread apply all bt
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- wnck-applet consumes all cpu when using motif applications https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/36928 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs