Could you try to get a backtrace if that happens again? Trying to kill the applet and note if one unfreeze the panel could also be useful if that's due to an applet
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- GNOME panel unresponsive after upgrade to Feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/73513 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs