the 'Sytem Monitor' freezes its hosting panel and clock completely

[Miki800]

I have the very same situation as posted in this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=825713

only this time its not about the network monitor,
its the system monitor that screws everything up

it is the sole cause of why my panel - the one that had the 'System Monitor' in it
froze.

upon removing it the panel no longer freeze!


My definition of panel freeze:
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1. GUI-ish clock does not update (nothing wrong with the time, typing 'time' in bash shows correctly)
2. New tray-icons does not show up <-- but right clicking at the correct 'gray' panel area gives their pop-menu
3. Closed processes' tray-icons do not disappear as they should <-- but right clicking the icons give nothing but as if I right clicked anywhere else on the panel that has no icons



this is not a solved issue - the issue is with the 'System Monitor'.
But removing it removes the problem.

This thread is about reporting the problem with the 'System Monitor'