Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Ubuntu 19.10 (eoan) reached end-of-life on July 17, 2020.
See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- 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/1843419 Title: gnome-shell's alt-f2 r (refresh) kills non-gnome apps Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Pressing alt-f2 then r refreshes gnome-shell as expected (though now windows have black borders) but it kills apps like Firefox, but not Feedreader, nautilus, nor, gnome-terminal (those are what I tested). I expect that it should not kill any apps like in the old gnome-shell. This is useful since when gnome-shell hangs, I kill it and it refreshes. Now I can't do that without killing the other apps also. Thank you for looking into this bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.33.91-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.2.0-15.16-generic 5.2.9 Uname: Linux 5.2.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Sep 10 19:10:52 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-28 (1442 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.33.91-1ubuntu1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-07-26 (45 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1843419/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

