Ahh, finally I have discovered a workaround. This command, executed in
a TTY (which I can access with ctrl-alt-F5 or similar), seems to gently
restart gnome-shell and give me everything back with my applications all
still running:
dbus-send --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.gnome.Shell
vanvugt, No, my keyboard does still interact with the "gnome system
stuff", including being able to use the windows key. I can also click
the grid icon in the lower-left to get the same effect.
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I am experiencing this issue and it's just totally crippling. I can't
keep a session going for more than a few minutes without suddenly losing
the ability to interact with applications.
The specifics of my experience more closely match bug #1730229 -
although that is marked as a duplicate of
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1181666 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1181666
The description of bug #1181666 appears to include an ability to use
ordinary keyboard shortcuts (such as Alt-F2). This one does not. I am
indeed having this issue, but I am not able to use Alt-F2. Is
