Regression: Gnome Shell crashes when plugging or unplugging external monitor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
A recent update (less than two weeks) in 17.10 introduced a bug where plugging or unplugging an external monitor immediately terminates Gnome Shell and brings back the login screen.
I think these are the relevant log entries:
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 org.gnome.
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 org.gnome.
unsigned int) number < g_list_length (manager-
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 owncloud[2934]: Error reading events from display: Broken pipe
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 evolution-
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 org.gnome.
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 org.gnome.
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 org.gnome.
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 org.gnome.
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 gnome-session-
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 gnome-session[
Oct 13 11:07:39 tadzim3 gnome-session-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 13 11:08:24 2017
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-23 (993 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-06-15 (120 days ago)