Aha! This *is* an artefact of something strange on my system; namely, I was starting gnome-control-center from a terminal emulator packaged as a snap; as such, it has a LD_LIBRARY_PATH specified, which was partially overriding library resolution.
Weird that this manifests as the application cleanly exiting, but 🤷♀️ ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2016441 Title: Scrolling with the mouse wheel beyond the top or bottom causes gnome- control-center to exit To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/2016441/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs