Fixed the problem. Removed the plugin org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock isolate- workspaces (which I never got to work properly anyways) and after a reboot everything was fine again.
-- 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/1798792 Title: Gnome is very unstable, search not working, icons on dock disappearing Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Just after an upgrade to 18.10 (from 18.04). The icons on the dock disappear spontaneously, becoming blank. When searching for apps (which becomes even more important because of the previous bug), it hangs and no apps are shown whatsoever) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.30.1-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Oct 19 11:55:13 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-30 (80 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-19 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1798792/+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
