Hi,
please update to the latest version (2.1.3, available on our PPA on
Launchpad)
The version in Ubuntu repository is too much old and has not been updated
for a while.

2010/1/19 colinjones <email address hidden>

> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: cairo-dock
>
> Fully updated Karmic, installed cairo-dock, all worked just fine for a
> while. Played around in the config panel trying different options, etc.
> Then I added the weather applet, when I tried to configure it, the
> config panel and dock itself froze completely - 100% CPU and never came
> back, had to force quit.
>
> Each time I restarted it, the same thing happened. Initially I thought
> it was the applet itself, until I tried configuring other things, and
> the same thing started happening everywhere. Seems fine until I try to
> use the configuration panel and try to go into an option.
>
> I reinstalled cairo-dock, same behaviour. Rebooted, same... Then
> completely uninstalled it, purging config files too. Same behaviour but
> I noticed that it obviously hadn't removed the actual config files
> (presumably it just removes the package config files) as the dock was
> configured the same. So I uninstalled completely again, and manually
> deleted the .config/cairo-dock folder, then reinstalled. This time I
> could add the weather app and configure it no problem. But when I added
> Klipper and tried to copy some text from a web page it froze again. Now
> when I go into the config panel even after removing Klipper it freezes
> again whenever I try to enter any config pages.
>
> Can someone please help?
>
> Cairo-dock - 2.0.9-0ubuntu1
>
> ** Affects: cairo-dock (Ubuntu)
>     Importance: Undecided
>         Status: New
>
> --
> Cairo-dock hangs constantly
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509419
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>
> Status in “cairo-dock” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: cairo-dock
>
> Fully updated Karmic, installed cairo-dock, all worked just fine for a
> while. Played around in the config panel trying different options, etc. Then
> I added the weather applet, when I tried to configure it, the config panel
> and dock itself froze completely - 100% CPU and never came back, had to
> force quit.
>
> Each time I restarted it, the same thing happened. Initially I thought it
> was the applet itself, until I tried configuring other things, and the same
> thing started happening everywhere. Seems fine until I try to use the
> configuration panel and try to go into an option.
>
> I reinstalled cairo-dock, same behaviour. Rebooted, same... Then completely
> uninstalled it, purging config files too. Same behaviour but I noticed that
> it obviously hadn't removed the actual config files (presumably it just
> removes the package config files) as the dock was configured the same. So I
> uninstalled completely again, and manually deleted the .config/cairo-dock
> folder, then reinstalled. This time I could add the weather app and
> configure it no problem. But when I added Klipper and tried to copy some
> text from a web page it froze again. Now when I go into the config panel
> even after removing Klipper it freezes again whenever I try to enter any
> config pages.
>
> Can someone please help?
>
> Cairo-dock - 2.0.9-0ubuntu1
>
>
>
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