the issue was a local installation conflicting with the ubuntu version, not an ubuntu bug then
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1711920 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGTRAP in g_settings_get_value(key="multi- monitor") Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: It was working fine, then I restarted and it kept crashing. Unity works fine though. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.24.3-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5 Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Aug 20 23:54:32 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' b"['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'org.gnome.Software.desktop', 'gnome-control-center.desktop', 'telegramdesktop.desktop', 'gnome-system-monitor.desktop']" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'scaling-factor' b'uint32 1' InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-20 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Signal: 5 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop: ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 g_settings_get_value () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 g_settings_get_boolean () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 ffi_call_unix64 () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in g_settings_get_value() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-08-20 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1711920/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp