at-spi-registerd process is blocking GNOME Panel Selections
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at-spi (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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.
| Luke Yelavich (themuso) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in at-spi: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Needs Info |
| Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) wrote Re: Version | #2 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
What version of Ubuntu are you running? Does this problem occurr if
accessibility is turned on or off? TO check this setting, click on
System, hilight Preferences, hilight Accessibility, and then click on
Accessibility Technology Preferences. Atspi-registeryd only loads if
accessibility is enabled.