screen blank randomly fails and system crashes when X is restarted
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
My screen randomly stops blanking, ignoring the interval I set under Settings > Power > Power Saving Options > Screen blank (8 minutes). This behaviour behaviour has so far manifested only after I resumed the system from suspend but that connection is not consistent - more often than not, the system resumes without any noticeable impact on screen blanking.
However, when screen blanking does break, it appears to go hand in hand with an unstable gnome session. That is, when I try to restart my gnome session (I am using X), it results in a desktop crash and I am forced to log out.
(on a side note: I noticed the other day that gnome also broke when I logged out of my second desktop account to return to my main account; the screen went black and I had to reboot).
The crash does not appear to generate a log but journald has recorded the following at/around the time that restarting gnome-shell ended in a crash (the messages are reproduced here in reverse order):
nov 04 02:41:46 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: org.gnome.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: Reached target gnome-session-
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: Started gnome-session-
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: Failed to start <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Failed with result 'protocol'.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Start request repeated too quickly.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: Stopped <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: Failed to start <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Failed with result 'protocol'.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple gnome-shell[73870]: Window manager error: Another compositing manager is already running on screen 0 on display “:1”.
nov 04 02:41:45 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple xdg-desktop-
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple gnome-shell[73870]: Enabling experimental feature 'scale-
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple gnome-shell[73870]: Enabling experimental feature 'x11-randr-
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple gnome-shell[73870]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 45.0) as a X11 window and compositing manager
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple systemd[2589]: Starting <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11...
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple systemd[2589]: Stopped <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple systemd[2589]: Failed to start <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Failed with result 'protocol'.
nov 04 02:41:44 Dapple gnome-shell[73803]: Window manager error: Another compositing manager is already running on screen 0 on display “:1”.
nov 04 02:41:43 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple gnome-shell[73803]: Enabling experimental feature 'scale-
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple gnome-shell[73803]: Enabling experimental feature 'x11-randr-
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple gnome-shell[73803]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 45.0) as a X11 window and compositing manager
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple systemd[2589]: Starting <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11...
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple systemd[2589]: Stopped <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple systemd[2589]: Failed to start <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Failed with result 'protocol'.
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple gnome-shell[73740]: Window manager error: Another compositing manager is already running on screen 0 on display “:1”.
nov 04 02:41:42 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple gnome-shell[73740]: Enabling experimental feature 'scale-
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple gnome-shell[73740]: Enabling experimental feature 'x11-randr-
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple gnome-shell[73740]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 45.0) as a X11 window and compositing manager
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple systemd[2589]: Starting <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11...
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Consumed 11min 57.398s CPU time.
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple systemd[2589]: Stopped <email address hidden> - GNOME Shell on X11.
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple systemd[2589]: <email address hidden>: Consumed 11min 57.398s CPU time.
nov 04 02:41:41 Dapple gnome-shell[2973]: Window manager error: Another compositing manager is already running on screen 0 on display “:1”.
nov 04 02:41:40 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple gsd-media-
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple /usr/libexec/
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple gnome-shell[2973]: Enabling experimental feature 'scale-
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple gnome-shell[2973]: Enabling experimental feature 'x11-randr-
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple gnome-shell[2973]: Running GNOME Shell (using mutter 45.0) as a X11 window and compositing manager
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple gnome-terminal-
nov 04 02:41:39 Dapple gnome-terminal-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: gnome-shell 45.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
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CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Nov 4 02:45:05 2023
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-10-29 (371 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
RelatedPackageV
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2023-10-13 (21 days ago)
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
It sounds like this bug is (at least partly) related to https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ gnome-shell/ +bug/2040453