I have the same problem. I only have a single panel at the bottom of the screen. The panel contains, among other things, two weather applets. When I log in, the panel hangs (about 80% of the time, as the original submitter reported). If I then do "killall gnome-panel" from the console, the panel becomes complete and responsive again, but the two weather applets are missing.
I have the same problem. I only have a single panel at the bottom of the screen. The panel contains, among other things, two weather applets. When I log in, the panel hangs (about 80% of the time, as the original submitter reported). If I then do "killall gnome-panel" from the console, the panel becomes complete and responsive again, but the two weather applets are missing.
Maybe these applets have something to do with it?