That seems to have fixed the problem. I left the APOD wallpaper changer.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 10:41 PM Daniel van Vugt <
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> and then reboot. Since we find so many bugs are caused by extensions,
> removing them must be the first thing we try. And they need to be
> uninstalled and not just disabled because a buggy extension can still
> interfere with the shell.
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866933
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> Title:
>   Gnome Shell freeze
>
> Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   when I click on the Activities button and try to start an application
>   my X session freezes. I can move the mouse around and bring up the
>   dock on the side of the screen, but no windows will come up. This
>   problem does not come up if I open applications from the applications
>   menu, dock, or terminal. I can only solve it by logging out and
>   logging back in.
>
>   Description:  Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
>   Release:      20.04
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
>   Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
>   Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
>   .tmp.unity_support_test.0:
>
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20
>   Architecture: amd64
>   BootLog:
>
>   CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
>   CompositorRunning: None
>   CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
>   Date: Tue Mar 10 20:12:16 2020
>   DistUpgraded: Fresh install
>   DistroCodename: focal
>   DistroVariant: ubuntu
>   DkmsStatus:
>    virtualbox, 6.1.4, 5.4.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
>    virtualbox-guest, 6.1.4, 5.4.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
>   GpuHangFrequency: Several times a day
>   GpuHangReproducibility: Yes, I can easily reproduce it
>   GpuHangStarted: Within the last few days
>   GraphicsCard:
>    Intel Corporation Iris Graphics 540 [8086:1926] (rev 0a) (prog-if 00
> [VGA controller])
>      Subsystem: Intel Corporation Iris Graphics 540 [8086:2063]
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-19 (873 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-14-generic
> root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>   SourcePackage: xorg
>   Symptom: display
>   Title: Xorg freeze
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 05/24/2019
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
>   dmi.bios.version: SYSKLi35.86A.0071.2019.0524.1102
>   dmi.board.asset.tag:
>    � [�
>   dmi.board.name: NUC6i5SYB
>   dmi.board.vendor: Intel corporation
>   dmi.board.version: H81131-505
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrSYSKLi35.86A.0071.2019.0524.1102:bd05/24/2019:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelcorporation:rnNUC6i5SYB:rvrH81131-505:cvn:ct3:cvr:
>   version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.14.1+20.04.20200211-0ubuntu1
>   version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.100-4
>   version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.0-1ubuntu1
>   version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.0-1ubuntu1
>   version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.7-2ubuntu2
>   version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.917+git20190815-1
>   version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1
>   ---
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
>   DisplayManager: gdm3
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-19 (875 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
>   Package: gnome-shell 3.35.91-1ubuntu2
>   PackageArchitecture: amd64
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm-256color
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
>   RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.35.91-1ubuntu1
>   Tags:  focal
>   Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers video
>   _MarkForUpload: True
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