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-- 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/1727603 Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in __GI___libc_free() | freezes randomly Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: ****This is a re-submission of a bug 1725932, with required information as requested**** +++UBUNTU RELEASE+++ Description: Ubuntu 17.10 Release: 17.10 +++PACKAGE VERSION+++ gnome-shell: Installed: 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 Candidate: 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 Version table: *** 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.26.1-0ubuntu4 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages First found this bug when I copied some files into /opt/ via root access nautilus. After clicking on another window, Ubuntu froze. This happened again and possibly recreated by performing root operations and navigating around gnome. -------------------------------------------------------------- How I was able to recreate the crash multiple times: 1. Login 2. Open terminal, run sudo nautilus --> I get this error : Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused (nautilus:4129): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 3. Run su, login and run nautilus 4. Navigate to /opt/<some app folder> 5. Open a file and close it 6. Copy that file to my non root desktop (/home/hiruna/Desktop in my case) 7. Open the file normally from the non root user --> Immediate freeze ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.26.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Oct 26 00:05:00 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ExecutableTimestamp: 1508395111 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-24 (154 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcCwd: /home/hiruna 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: __GI___libc_free (mem=0x5576c018b700) at malloc.c:3141 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 g_key_file_load_from_file () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in __GI___libc_free() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-19 (5 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dialout dip input lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo video To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1727603/+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