This should be fixed in latest svn - we now do the watching process in a separate thread (this can take a long time if you have deep directory trees which might be causing a dbus timeout and hence the crash in deskbar)
I cant confirm yet as I dont run Feisty -- (Feisty) DBUS hangs after Gnome Login https://launchpad.net/bugs/82451 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs