This workaround does not work for me as i dont have the following file on my system: /etc/xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu on my system.
$ uname -a Linux srasul-laptop 2.6.17-10-generic #2 SMP Tue Dec 5 22:28:26 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux so this problem is still occuring on my Edgy -- gnome-panel eats 50% cpu for half an hour and flickers https://launchpad.net/bugs/52405 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
