It looks fairly likely that https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop- icons/-/merge_requests/191 already fixed the only possible root cause of this. I can't be sure because I still can't reproduce it.
Regardless, the related gnome-shell fix should prevent all possible forms of the same mistake from crashing the shell: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/1507 ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Groovy) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons (Ubuntu Hirsute) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898910 Title: gnome-shell crashes with [St:ERROR:../src/st/st- bin.c:206:st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL)] called from DesktopGrid::_backgroundDestroyed() [desktopGrid.js:206] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1898910/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
