xfce4-panel freeze

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Rob Lahaye wrote:
> Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> 
>>Rob Lahaye schrieb:
>>
>>
>>>I have compiled xfce_4_2 branch from CVS on my FreeBSD system.
>>>
>>>I encounter occassional freezes of the the panel; no mouse input,
>>>no response whatever and the panel consumes all CPU capacity.
>>>So far it has happened about once a day or so.
>>>
>>>When I kill xfce4-panel application (need to use "kill -9"), and
>>>start it again manually, it's fine again.
>>>
>>>I can't tell as to what degree this is a FreeBSD issue, and how
>>>much it is a bug in xfce4-panel.
>>>
>>>I don't know how I can investigate further. Any ideas?
>>
>>The same problem was reported to the list a few weeks ago. It
>>obviously didn't get much attention.
>>I have these panel freezes as well (4.2 RC3) but I'm unable to
>>determine why they are caused.
>>All I'm able to report is that the panel freezes occur without
>>any user action (except mouseover event, perhaps).
> 
> 
> Exactly same here. What is your OS?
> It seems to freeze for no reason, at least not a very obvious one.
> 
> So I will now compile xfce4-panel with debug options and run it
> through the debugger and wait......until a next freeze. Maybe the
> debugger can tell me then where exactly it is hanging.
> 
> If confirmed by others as well, then this is a serious bug.
> 

There are twon plugins that are know to cause this kind of behaviour: 
mail checker with pop3 and weather plugin. Both block when unable to 
connect to the network.

	Jasper