Reopening this. The problem is still here, even if we don't know how to debug it yet.
It could be one of the gnome-applets (wish I think are loaded by gnome-
panel) causing input to hang.
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Status: Rejected => Confirmed
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gnome panels are empty (show nothing) after login
https://launchpad.net/bugs/47602
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