gnome-shell crashed with SIGTRAP in _XIOError() from _XReply() from XGetSelectionOwner()

[Silvio Bierman]

Unexplained reoccurring error at system startup.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.24.3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Greeter:GNOME
Date: Mon Aug 28 03:09:57 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
GsettingsChanges:

ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
Signal: 5
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-0.so.0
 _XIOError () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
 _XReply () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
 XGetSelectionOwner () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in _XIOError()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 x_io_error (display=<optimized out>) at wayland/meta-xwayland.c:411
 _XIOError (dpy=dpy@entry=0x5de91d5540) at ../../src/XlibInt.c:1469
 _XReply (dpy=dpy@entry=0x5de91d5540, rep=rep@entry=0x7ffd7aee9b90, extra=extra@entry=0, discard=discard@entry=1) at ../../src/xcb_io.c:704
 XGetSelectionOwner (dpy=0x5de91d5540, selection=408) at ../../src/GetSOwner.c:41
 _gdk_x11_display_get_selection_owner (display=0x5de91e6020, selection=0x95) at ././gdk/x11/gdkselection-x11.c:173

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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