This may have been fixed by mutter 3.26.1-2 (bug 1722510). At least I can no longer reproduce it using the recipe in my duplicate bug 1722709.
-- 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/1701289 Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in XIGetClientPointer() from gdk_x11_display_get_default_seat() Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/fb179bc620e408d216f4b8700f714e6ebb2ebf09 --- cant login to gnome desktop ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.24.2-0ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-22.24-generic 4.10.15 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-22-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Jun 29 16:14:29 2017 DisplayManager: lightdm EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-25 (96 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=sv PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Signal: 5 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop: () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 _XReply () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 XIGetClientPointer () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 () at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1701289/+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