Remove references to colorful static. The problem was these issues may or
may not be related, and both are not reportable in the usual way. I was
just mentioning all the serious symptoms of problems together, rather than
assuming they were all the result of a single discrete bug.

On Mar 8, 2018 21:51, "Daniel van Vugt" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Tom, please try to report one issue per bug.
>
> We can either:
>
>  * make this a duplicate of bug 1753776 and you log a new bug for the
> other problem; or
>  * remove references to the first "static" problem from this bug.
>
> So please let us know how you'd like to proceed.
>
> ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754425
>
> Title:
>   18.04 3.27 Gnome-shell Near-Fatalities
>
> Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   It's impossible to make a normal bug report, so here's the best I can
>   describe:
>
>   EVERY login to gnome, there is a moment after I enter my password and
>   press return, where whole screen goes small-resolution (cursor small,
>   all text and boxes get smaller), and best way to describe it is
>   "colorful static" pattern replaces the purple/black. After this
>   hiccup, a moment of black, then taken to the gnome desktop. Things
>   work fine.
>
>   If I close the lid, it seems that the computer flat-out doesn't wake
>   up. HOWEVER, if I wait patiently more than 20 seconds, and press (not
>   hold) the power button, SOMETIMES, the computer will "snap out of it"
>   and come back to my desktop. Although RAM is 25% used, and CPU usage
>   is around 25-50% or less (depending on apps), mouse will regularly
>   freeze up for some seconds every 10 seconds or so. Wifi will claim to
>   be "on", but there aren't any networks in the "select network"
>   dialogue. Turning wifi off and then on does not fix this problem. So
>   I'll be in this terrifying state of non-responsive every few seconds
>   computer, with no ability to reconnect to networks and report bug.
>
>   I force restart. The first restart, upon login, will hang indefinitely
>   on a purple screen with the cursor in the middle. I will have to force
>   restart again. Upon 2nd restart, it will boot "normally", in that
>   after I login, I get the "familiar" "colorful static" splash screen
>   before being taken to normal functional gnome desktop experience.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
>   Package: gnome-shell 3.27.92-0ubuntu1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3
>   Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
>   Date: Thu Mar  8 12:38:24 2018
>   DisplayManager: gdm3
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-02 (5 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64
> (20180228)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm-256color
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: gnome-shell
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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