Ok, seems like Guake got some issues it happens from time to time $ guake --version Guake Terminal: 3.8.5 VTE: 0.68.0 VTE runtime: 0.68.0 Gtk: 3.24.33 /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:35:15 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:37:13 graf gnome-shell[3646]: libinput error: event16 - Bartosz Woronicz’s Keyboard: client bug: event processing lagging behind by 33ms, your system is too slow /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:37:32 graf gnome-shell[4011]: Key repeat discarded, Wayland compositor doesn't seem to be processing events fast enough! /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:39:05 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Unhandled promise rejection. To suppress this warning, add an error handler to your promise chain with .catch() or a try-catch block around your await expression. Stack trace of the failed promise:#012 _loadFile@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:488:20#012 _load@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:518:14#012 _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:278:14#012 Background@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:234:4#012 getBackground@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:622:30#012 _createBackgroundActor@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:793:49#012 _updateBackgroundActor@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:765:39#012 _createBackgroundActor/changeSignalId<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:821:18#012 _emitChangedSignal/this._changedIdleId<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:311:18 /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:45:07 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Unhandled promise rejection. To suppress this warning, add an error handler to your promise chain with .catch() or a try-catch block around your await expression. Stack trace of the failed promise:#012 _loadFile@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:488:20#012 _load@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:518:14#012 _init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:278:14#012 Background@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:234:4#012 getBackground@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:622:30#012 _createBackgroundActor@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:793:49#012 _updateBackgroundActor@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:765:39#012 _createBackgroundActor/changeSignalId<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:821:18#012 _emitChangedSignal/this._changedIdleId<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:311:18 /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:48:25 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:50:02 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 16 23:54:34 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 17 00:00:56 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 17 00:01:37 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 17 00:02:07 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 17 00:03:15 graf gnome-shell[4011]: Key repeat discarded, Wayland compositor doesn't seem to be processing events fast enough! /var/log/syslog:May 17 00:06:38 graf gnome-shell[3646]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b /var/log/syslog:May 17 00:08:49 graf gnome-shell[3646]: message repeated 2 times: [ Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0xa0000b] $ xwininfo -id 0xa0000b xwininfo: Window id: 0xa0000b "Guake!" Absolute upper-left X: 0 Absolute upper-left Y: 54 Relative upper-left X: 0 Relative upper-left Y: 54 Width: 3840 Height: 2106 Depth: 32 Visual: 0x350 Visual Class: TrueColor Border width: 0 Class: InputOutput Colormap: 0xa00002 (not installed) Bit Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Window Gravity State: NorthWestGravity Backing Store State: NotUseful Save Under State: no Map State: IsViewable Override Redirect State: no Corners: +0+54 -3840+54 -3840-0 +0-0 -geometry 1920x1053+0-0