gnome-alsamixer hangs while using 100% of the CPU

[Colan Schwartz]

If gnome-alsamixer is left running for long periods of time, it will eventually hang, and take 100% of the CPU.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-alsamixer 0.9.7~cvs.20060916.ds.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 29 10:05:35 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-alsamixer
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: gnome-alsamixer
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (151 days ago)