[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-26 Thread Daniel van Vugt
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1727603 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1727603 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1727603 gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in __GI___libc_free() from g_free() from g_key_file_parse_key_value_pair() -- You received this bug

Re: [Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-25 Thread Hiruna Wijesinghe
Hi Daniel, After downgrading apport to the version you specified, I was able to submit a new bug 1727603 : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1727603 I was notified that this report contains private information and it was automatically selected as private. I changed

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-25 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Please try this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport#Why_is_apport_disabled_by_default.3F -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725932 Title: gnome-shell freezes randomly To manage

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-25 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Ugg. Sorry about that. I don't fully understand the Ubuntu policy on that myself, but it did change over night: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.7-0ubuntu3.1 You might have some luck by downgrading your apport packages to the previous version first:

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-25 Thread Hiruna Wijesinghe
Hi again, I removed the old crash file and re-created and trapped the crash. It's not corrupted anymore. however, I just tried to report the bug 3 times but I keep getting 502 error. :/ (see attachment) ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2017-10-26 00-44-52.png"

Re: [Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-24 Thread Hiruna Wijesinghe
I will re-create the crash and try to make/upload a new file by tonight On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Daniel van Vugt < daniel.van.v...@canonical.com> wrote: > OK, sorry to hear. Please retry, or try making a whole new .crash file? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-24 Thread Hiruna Wijesinghe
I will re-create the crash and try to make/upload a new file by tonight -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725932 Title: gnome-shell freezes randomly To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-24 Thread Daniel van Vugt
OK, sorry to hear. Please retry, or try making a whole new .crash file? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725932 Title: gnome-shell freezes randomly To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-24 Thread Hiruna Wijesinghe
Hi Daniel, When I try to report the bug, I get this error :/ (see attachment) ** Attachment added: "bugReportError.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1725932/+attachment/4993363/+files/bugReportError.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-24 Thread Apport retracing service
** Tags removed: need-amd64-retrace -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725932 Title: gnome-shell freezes randomly To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-24 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Thanks but please do: 6. Upload the crash file using this command or similar: ubuntu-bug /var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-shell.1000.crash 7. Tell use the new bug ID that was created. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Tags added: need-amd64-retrace -- You

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-24 Thread Hiruna Wijesinghe
Hi Daniel, Sorry for this late reply, I've been studying for college finals. I followed your steps and here is the .crash file as requested. 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

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-23 Thread Daniel van Vugt
We're going to need to analyse the hung gnome-shell process. Please try to do this: 1. Install openssh-server: sudo apt install openssh-server 2. Using a second machine, log into the offending machine via SSH: ssh @ where is your username, and is either hostname or the machine's IP

[Bug 1725932] Re: gnome-shell freezes randomly

2017-10-22 Thread Hiruna Wijesinghe
Here is a snip of the syslog where the issue occurred. ** Attachment added: "syslog_snippet_gnome-shell_freeze_bug" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1725932/+attachment/4984306/+files/syslog_snippet_gnome-shell_freeze_bug -- You received this bug notification