After trying "gnome-session-remove gnome-panel; MENU_VERBOSE=1 GNOME_PANEL_DEBUG=1 BONOBO_ACTIVATION_DEBUG_OUTPUT=1 gnome-panel 2> ~/Desktop/panel-debug.txt" and reading the output, the events "file:///etc/xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu" created, marking tree for recanonicalization" seems to make gnome-panel loops.
gnome-menus try to write to the symlink /etc/xdg/debian-menu.menu. In my system this symlink is inactive (it points to /var/lib/menu- xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu which doesn't exist). If you delete this symlink, the menu works perfectly. -- 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
