Public bug reported: It seems to be related to certain running applications. I'm pasting the output of the massages generated after being able to run gnome-shell from the terminal. After several occurrences, I put terminal on my desktop.
:~$ gnome-shell current session already has an ibus-daemon. Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to add search provider /usr/share/gnome-shell/search-providers/org.gnome.bijiben-search-provider.ini: TypeError: appInfo is null Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Extension [email protected] already installed in /home/chris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]. /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected] will not be loaded (gnome-shell:4089): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Failed to spawn 'aggregate-avatars': GLib.SpawnError: Failed to execute child process "aggregate-avatars" (No such file or directory) aggregateAvatarsAsync@/home/chris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js:244 enable/watch_id<@/home/chris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js:337 (gnome-shell:4089): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: TypeError: is null ModemGsm<._init/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/misc/modemManager.js:151 _proxyInvoker/asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:86 ^C chris@christopher-UG:~$ gnome-shell current session already has an ibus-daemon. Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to add search provider /usr/share/gnome-shell/search-providers/org.gnome.bijiben-search-provider.ini: TypeError: appInfo is null Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Extension [email protected] already installed in /home/chris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]. /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected] will not be loaded (gnome-shell:4193): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Failed to spawn 'aggregate-avatars': GLib.SpawnError: Failed to execute child process "aggregate-avatars" (No such file or directory) aggregateAvatarsAsync@/home/chris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js:244 enable/watch_id<@/home/chris/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/extension.js:337 (gnome-shell:4193): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: TypeError: is null ModemGsm<._init/<@resource:///org/gnome/shell/misc/modemManager.js:151 _proxyInvoker/asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:86 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.20.4-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-39.42-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-39-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Mar 1 14:42:41 2017 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-14 (596 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1669104 Title: gnome-shell crashes frequently To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1669104/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
