It doesn't only affect Searchmonkey. I have the same problem when Nicotine+ is open. If you try to open the gnome-system-monitor it crashes immediately. I attached a stack trace for this.
Ubuntu 11.10 Nicotine+ 1.2.16 gnome-system-monitor 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ** Attachment added: "dbg_gnome-system-monitor.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/700900/+attachment/2642970/+files/dbg_gnome-system-monitor.txt ** Changed in: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700900 Title: Can't start gnome-system-monitor while searchmonkey is running To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/700900/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs