Comment 2 for bug 1163937

Disabling the notify-osd plugin in Exaile works around this problem.

This is exaile's output when run from command line with the plugin enabled and the problem occurring:

INFO : Loading Exaile 0.3.2.2...
INFO : Loading settings...
INFO : Loading plugins...
INFO : Loading collection...
INFO : Loading devices...
INFO : Loading interface...
WARNING : Failed to connect to HAL, autodetection of devices will be disabled.
INFO : Loading main window...
INFO : Connecting main window events...
INFO : Loading panels...
INFO : Connecting panel events...
INFO : Done loading main window...
INFO : Playing file:///home/public/Music/All%20That%20Remains/Overcome%20%5B2008%5D/02%20-%20Two%20Weeks.flac
Exception in thread Thread-6:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 504, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/share/exaile/plugins/notifyosd/__init__.py", line 114, in update_track_notify
    self.notify.show()
Error: Timeout was reached

System hangs after the "Playing file:" line for the first 25 seconds, then just continues to hang after printing the rest for a while. Switching to other VTs using CTRL+ALT+F[1-6] works during this time.