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  1. Bug #1714989
  2. Comment #51

Comment 51 for bug 1714989

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gadLinux (gad-aguilardelgado) wrote : Re: [Bug 1714989] Re: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() from st_label_set_text() from ffi_call_unix64() [Global App Menu specific?]

Hi,

Yes, but's quite difficult for normal user know what's the plugin that's
behaving wrong.

Best regards,

On 17/11/17 22:40, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote:
> Thanks for all these reports...
>
> Unfortunately all these issues are unrelated to the shell itself, but I
> please you guys to report these crashes to the extensions authors (as I
> already did in various cases, proposing fixes too).
>
> In fact, what I suspect might have changed is the way gjs (or new mozjs)
> handles the destruction of the actors (as js elements)... Or the shell
> itself might destroy the extension actors at its request.
>
> When this happens, the extensions should block all the async operations
> that are happening, so as a generic rule I guess they should connect to
> the extension actor "destroy" signal and stop all the async operations
> there.
>