Comment 26 for bug 49594

This is a big problem for me on a Hardy fresh Install and effects me even after a "normal" shutdown. I have however noticed that sometimes a "normal" shutdown doesn't go as smoothly as it did in Gutsy etc.

Sometimes I get into the Desktop and have a programme (E.g. Gnucash up and working) and the error message hits when I try another programme from the panel

What I try to do to fix it short terms is Ctrl- Alt-F2 then kill bonobo-activation-server then back to desktop with Ctrl-Alt-F7 and then Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and sometimes that works. I have also tried Albert's workaround but I still had the problem.

There do seem to be a lot of instances of this problem and it is adversely effecting the way I can work - can I use Hardy for mission critical work now? I am not sure.

Can and should this be elevated to a High level of importance.