Public bug reported: I use 10.10. The symptoms are that the gnome-panel is unresponsive and cannot be killed, replaced or restarted. The only solution is to reboot. I hit this about once per week.
kern.log: ... Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.039998] INFO: task gnome-panel:1663 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040004] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040008] gnome-panel D ffff8800a0f9b800 0 1663 1482 0x00000004 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040015] ffff880105d71af8 0000000000000086 ffff880105d71a88 0000000000015980 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040022] ffff880105d71fd8 0000000000015980 ffff880105d71fd8 ffff880105c7adc0 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040028] 0000000000015980 0000000000015980 ffff880105d71fd8 0000000000015980 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040033] Call Trace: Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040045] [<ffffffff8107fd60>] ? prepare_to_wait+0x60/0x90 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040053] [<ffffffff812428a5>] request_wait_answer+0x85/0x240 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040059] [<ffffffff8107fab0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040064] [<ffffffff81242adc>] fuse_request_send+0x7c/0x90 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040070] [<ffffffff81244b19>] fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x179/0x2b0 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040076] [<ffffffff8115f6d4>] do_lookup+0x84/0x280 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040081] [<ffffffff8116051d>] link_path_walk+0x4cd/0xab0 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040086] [<ffffffff81160c67>] path_walk+0x67/0xe0 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040090] [<ffffffff81160e3b>] do_path_lookup+0x5b/0xa0 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040095] [<ffffffff81161b07>] user_path_at+0x57/0xa0 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040102] [<ffffffff81157a1c>] vfs_fstatat+0x3c/0x80 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040107] [<ffffffff81154c89>] ? __fput+0x199/0x210 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040112] [<ffffffff81157ace>] vfs_lstat+0x1e/0x20 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040117] [<ffffffff81157af4>] sys_newlstat+0x24/0x50 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040125] [<ffffffff8158ef6e>] ? do_page_fault+0x15e/0x350 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040130] [<ffffffff8158bab5>] ? page_fault+0x25/0x30 Mar 17 10:17:03 cslaptop kernel: [691172.040138] [<ffffffff8100a0f2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b ... top (note the D state): ... PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 1663 vries 20 0 341m 9132 5244 D 0 0.2 0:56.18 gnome-panel 1664 vries 20 0 572m 22m 14m D 0 0.6 0:15.18 nautilus ... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: gnome-panel 1:2.30.2-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-27.48-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-27-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Mar 17 10:43:16 2011 GConfNonDefault: /apps/panel/general/applet_id_list=[clock_screen0,notification_area_screen0,indicator_applet_screen0,show_desktop_button_screen0,window_list_screen0,workspace_switcher_screen0,fast_user_switch_screen0] /apps/panel/general/object_id_list=[object_6,object_4,object_3,object_2,object_1,object_0,menu_bar_screen0,browser_launcher_screen0,object_5,object_9,object_8,object_7,object_10,object_11] /apps/panel/general/toplevel_id_list=[bottom_panel_screen0,top_panel_screen0] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-panel ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/736730 Title: gnome-panel in uninterruptible sleep after system call -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs