could you run "strace -f gnome-open http://launchpad.net"; and note to a comment the lines before the hang? Could you also get a backtrace of the hang (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace)?
-- gksudo gnome-open uri fails to open. https://launchpad.net/bugs/75524 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
