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gnome-shell package

lots of "tweener" backtraces

Bug #1755484 reported by Andreas Hasenack on 2018-03-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1747566: syslog fills with messages: Object ..., has been already finalized. Impossible to get any property from it. ... (stack trace in tweener.js). Edit Remove

This bug affects 13 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-shell (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

In bionic, my /var/log/syslog is being filled with gnome-shell crashes related to tweener. Here is a sample:

Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: == Stack trace for context 0x558dbc896060 ==
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #0 0x7ffcd5dd6530 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:80 (0x7f74e80c7cd0 @ 82)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #1 0x7ffcd5dd65d0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:105 (0x7f74e80c7f78 @ 36)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #2 0x7ffcd5dd6670 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:92 (0x7f74e80c7de0 @ 52)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #3 0x7ffcd5dd6730 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:203 (0x7f74e80d2918 @ 54)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #4 0x7ffcd5dd6880 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:332 (0x7f74e80d29a0 @ 1626)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #5 0x7ffcd5dd6930 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:345 (0x7f74e80d2a28 @ 100)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #6 0x7ffcd5dd69c0 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:360 (0x7f74e80d2ab0 @ 10)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #7 0x7ffcd5dd6a40 I resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:126 (0x7f74e80cff78 @ 386)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #8 0x7ffcd5dd6af0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:207 (0x7f74e80cf5e8 @ 159)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx gnome-shell[5392]: Object Clutter.Actor (0x558dbe8baf00), has been already finalized. Impossible to set any property to it.
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #9 0x7ffcd5dd6b60 I resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (0x7f74e80b4de0 @ 71)
Mar 13 11:04:58 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #10 0x7ffcd5dd6b60 I resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:182 (0x7f74e80cf560 @ 15)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx gnome-shell[5392]: Object St.BoxLayout (0x558dbe96e050), has been already finalized. Impossible to get any property from it.
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx gnome-shell[5392]: Object St.BoxLayout (0x558dbe96e050), has been already finalized. Impossible to set any property to it.
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: == Stack trace for context 0x558dbc896060 ==
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #0 0x7ffcd5dd5680 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:73 (0x7f74e80c7cd0 @ 9)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #1 0x7ffcd5dd5720 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:105 (0x7f74e80c7f78 @ 36)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #2 0x7ffcd5dd57c0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:92 (0x7f74e80c7de0 @ 52)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #3 0x7ffcd5dd6730 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:203 (0x7f74e80d2918 @ 54)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #4 0x7ffcd5dd6880 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:332 (0x7f74e80d29a0 @ 1626)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #5 0x7ffcd5dd6930 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:345 (0x7f74e80d2a28 @ 100)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #6 0x7ffcd5dd69c0 b resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/tweener/tweener.js:360 (0x7f74e80d2ab0 @ 10)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #7 0x7ffcd5dd6a40 I resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/signals.js:126 (0x7f74e80cff78 @ 386)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #8 0x7ffcd5dd6af0 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:207 (0x7f74e80cf5e8 @ 159)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #9 0x7ffcd5dd6b60 I resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82 (0x7f74e80b4de0 @ 71)
Mar 13 11:04:59 nsnx org.gnome.Shell.desktop[5392]: #10 0x7ffcd5dd6b60 I resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/tweener.js:182 (0x7f74e80cf560 @ 15)

It is really filling up. tail -f gives you a live presentation:
root@nsnx:~# grep -E "gnome\.Shell.*Stack trace for context.*" /var/log/syslog|wc -l
1061

Packages:
ii gnome-shell 3.27.92-0ubuntu1 amd64 graphical shell for the GNOME desktop
ii gnome-shell-common 3.27.92-0ubuntu1 all common files for the GNOME graphical shell
ii gnome-shell-extension-appindicator 18.04 all App indicators for GNOME Shell
ii gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock 0.9 all Ubuntu Dock for GNOME Shell

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2018-03-13:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Revision history for this message

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2018-03-14:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1747566, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.