Here is a stacktrace. I get to it via the 'Places->Bookmarks' menu. If I do what cantormath suggests in the first comment, I do *not* get the problem.
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) thread apply all bt Thread 3 (Thread -1227162704 (LWP 10398)): #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb74e88c4 in poll () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0xb7695788 in g_main_context_check () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0xb7695c58 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #4 0xb777770e in link_thread_io_context () from /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 #5 0xb76ae582 in g_static_private_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #6 0xb76f8341 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #7 0xb74f24ee in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Thread 2 (Thread -1265337424 (LWP 10435)): #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb76fac76 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #2 0xb79605ef in job_notify (job=0x8611708, notify_result=<value optimized out>) at gnome-vfs-job.c:156 #3 0xb796219f in _gnome_vfs_dispatch_module_callback (callback=0xfffffffc, in=0xfffffffc, in_size=4294967292, out=0xfffffffc, out_size=4294967292, user_data=0xfffffffc, response=0xfffffffc, response_data=0xfffffffc) at gnome-vfs-job.c:1808 #4 0xb796a4fa in async_callback_invoke (in=0xfffffffc, in_size=4294967292, out=0xfffffffc, out_size=4294967292, callback_data=0x82016c8) at gnome-vfs-module-callback.c:151 #5 0xb796b55f in gnome_vfs_module_callback_invoke ( callback_name=0xb6c7f82c "fill-authentication", in=0xb49470d0, in_size=40, out=0xb4947118, out_size=24) at gnome-vfs-module-callback.c:891 #6 0xb6c7cceb in sftp_get_connection (connection=0xb49471f8, uri=0x8611558) at sftp-method.c:900 #7 0xb6c7e1e5 in do_get_file_info (method=0xb6c80d00, uri=0x8611558, file_info=0x861a438, options=25, context=0x8611548) at sftp-method.c:2349 #8 0xb7957463 in gnome_vfs_get_file_info_uri_cancellable (uri=0x8611558, info=0x861a438, options=4294967292, context=0x8611548) at gnome-vfs-cancellable-ops.c:201 #9 0xb796193b in _gnome_vfs_job_execute (job=0x8611708) at gnome-vfs-job.c:1319 #10 0xb796002b in thread_entry_point (data=0x8611708, user_data=0x0) at gnome-vfs-job-queue.c:66 #11 0xb76b0428 in g_thread_pool_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #12 0xb76ae582 in g_static_private_free () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #13 0xb76f8341 in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #14 0xb74f24ee in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread -1225677120 (LWP 10397)): #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb76fd2ae in __lll_mutex_lock_wait () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #2 0xb76f9fbb in _L_mutex_lock_33 () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 #3 0x00000000 in ?? () #0 0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall () -- [Dapper] sftp hangs if I haven't done ssh-add https://launchpad.net/bugs/39149 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs