Description of problem: gnome-panel will freeze if one attempts to open a network location (e.g. a mounted gvfs-sftp share) that is currently unavailable. Eventually it recovers, and displays a message: "DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." but not until after many seconds have passed, during which time the panel menu is unusable. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-panel-2.28.0-15.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Mount a remote SFTP share via the GNOME infrastructure. 2. Kill the connection to that resource (don't unmount). 3. Open the location in the Places menu Actual results: Panel blocks. Expected results: Panel instantly resumes operation. Network location opened asynchronously, and a desktop robust to network interruptions.
Were it not for console switching, this bug can hang up an entire desktop for some time if GNOME Panel blocks while one of its menus is still holding the mouse grab (sure there's a better way than the grab, causes so much trouble...).
Still present with gnome-panel-2.30.0-4.fc13.x86_64.
Still broken in GNOME 2.32, gnome-panel-2.32.0.2-2.fc14.x86_64
I think this affects me too, however I never see any error messages.
Closing as gnome-panel no longer present in Fedora.