It appears the problem is: Aug 01 13:21:43 haz gsd-media-keys[2480]: Failed to call GetEnvironment on keyring daemon: Timeout was reached
from: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2012-April/msg00969.html which is caused by the earlier problem: Aug 01 13:21:18 haz gnome-keyring-daemon[2133]: couldn't connect to dbus session bus: Could not connect: Connection refused -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1707828 Title: Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal appears to do nothing, then the terminal window opens 25 seconds later To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1707828/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs