[solved] gnome-panel restarts with alt+f2???

Hello, few days ago I made an upgrade (pacman -Syyu) and I noticed today that when I make alt+f2 my gnome-panel restarts and no Run windows opens... well the first time I press alt+f2 it opens but only for a microsecond and it closes and gnome-panel restarts...
Any ideas how can fix this?
Last edited by n0kS (2010-05-06 15:37:29)

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