This Bugzilla instance is a read-only archive of historic NetBeans bug reports. To report a bug in NetBeans please follow the project's instructions for reporting issues.
I have the same problem in 5.5.1 and 6.1: I set a breakpoint somewhere in a procedure that is executed by a combobox event (i.e. action event). When I pull down the combobox and select an item the combobox event executes, the debugger stops at the breakpoint and my Linux System gets a complete freeze. So I have to restart my PC.
It seems to be you've run into: http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqDebuggingAWTXWindows
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 93076 ***
Thank you for that greatly quick answer. And yes, that exactly is what I mean (bug #6517045). So I will try this.
Verified ... and Closing all issues resolved into NetBeans 6.7 and earlier.