[Bug 52405] gnome-panel eats 50% cpu for half an hour and flickers

[Gustaf]

Public bug reported:

Since about two weeks ago approximately, gnome-panel has started acting weird. It eats about 50% cpu for about half an hour, and during this perioud the Programs-menu flickers.
Places and System works well, but when you select Programs, the menu is shown, then removed, then shown, etc, and this happens very fast, it's impossible to select something from the menu.
After half an hour (or so, maybe longer, haven't "timed" it) it stops eating cpu, and works as it should.

** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

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gnome-panel eats 50% cpu for half an hour and flickers
https://launchpad.net/bugs/52405