[u-a-dev] [Bug 115730] at-spi-registerd process is blocking GNOME Panel Selections

[Lonnie]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: at-spi

After login, I was able to select GNOME menu items from the menu panel,
but their corresponding applications wouldn't come up.

I wanted to restart, but each time I'd click on System | Quit in the
GNOME menu, nothing would happen. Also, another unusual symptom that was
occurring during this time was that the (I don't know what you call it
-- that box that you see when the music starts playing after you login)
box wouldn't go away. It was stuck at the middle of the screen.

Finally, I looked at the system monitor and noticed a process called
"at-spi-registerd". I thought it was a suspicious name, so I killed it.
Believe it or not, everything started working again. As a matter of
fact, all those failed menu selections began to be activated all at
once. The quit screen opened 5 times or more (the number of times I
attempted to restart the machine).

It seems like at-spi-registerd was blocking a queue (of menu selections
that  I'd made in the GNOME menu) from being processed.  GNOME was
queuing up all those menu selections, but not performing them
immediately. Killing at-spi-registerd released the blockage.

I hope someone understands why this happened and how to fix it.

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** Affects: at-spi (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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at-spi-registerd process is blocking GNOME Panel Selections
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115730
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