I also have this bug and can confirm that it exists in the Intrepid
beta. This bug is especially bad if a mount using gvfs/mount.cifs
freezes due to network failure. Gnome-Panel becomes completely unusable
until the relatively long timeout is hit or the mountpoint is forcefully
unmounted. HOWEVER, I have only noticed this happening while Nautilus is
open(and also frozen). I'm unsure whether the bug lies within gnome-
panel or Nautilus.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Mount an SMB share with gvfs or mount.cifs
2) Browse to the SMB share to ensure the connection is open, then close Nautilus
3) Unplug the computer from the network
4) Open Nautilus. At this stage, it may be required that Nautilus somehow try
to query the shared dir, e.g. if a shared folder is in the Places tree, or if
you try to navigate to an SMB share again
5) Nautilus and Gnome-Panel will be frozen and unusable. Restoring
functionality requires: A significant wait (>5 minutes), logging out and back
in again or forcefully killing all gvfs processes(cannot umount as the
mountpoint is locked at this stage).
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => New
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Going to Places -> $(some SMB server) freezes Gnome-Panel until folder has
loaded
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/176814
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