gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in app_info_has_action() from g_desktop_app_info_launch_action()

[Scott Cooper]

Error occurred on initial login to system

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-shell 42~beta-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-23.23-generic 5.15.27
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Mar 30 09:35:17 2022
DisplayManager: gdm3
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-29 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220326)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42~beta-1ubuntu2
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
StacktraceTop:
 g_desktop_app_info_launch_action () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0
 shell_app_launch_action () from /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libgnome-shell.so
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.8
 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgjs.so.0
Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGSEGV in g_desktop_app_info_launch_action()
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
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StacktraceTop:
 app_info_has_action (action_name=<optimized out>, info=<optimized out>) at ../../../gio/gdesktopappinfo.c:5061
 g_desktop_app_info_launch_action (info=0x565307569690, action_name=0x56530710f570 "eject", launch_context=0x5653067cf0b0) at ../../../gio/gdesktopappinfo.c:5144
 shell_app_launch_action (app=0x565307f24ad0, action_name=0x56530710f570 "eject", timestamp=<optimized out>, workspace=-1) at ../src/shell-app.c:1509
 ffi_call_unix64 () at ../src/x86/unix64.S:105
 ffi_call_int (cif=<optimized out>, fn=<optimized out>, rvalue=<optimized out>, avalue=<optimized out>, closure=<optimized out>) at ../src/x86/ffi64.c:672

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks for the bug report. It appears the offending function 'shell_app_launch_action' was called from JavaScript somewhere. Can you please try disabling the extensions in the 'Extensions' app and tell us which one is causing the crash?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

A quick search of the source code suggests it's either going to be Ubuntu Dock or GNOME Shell itself.

[Scott Cooper (scottc-oxdocs)]

Hiya,

This is a fresh install of 22.04 with nothing added or installed, just apt updates applied

gnome-extensions list shows the below

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I also seem to be unable to recreate it...

I'm happy if you want to close this ticket and if I can recreate it, or it continues to happen, I will submit another bug report and reference this one?

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I meant that if you can reproduce the crash then please try disabling <email address hidden>

Otherwise we should still keep this bug open to avoid duplicates (and increase collaboration) when the next person encounters the crash.