Public bug reported: I see the followings errors from gnome-shell on my bionic Desktop:
$ journalctl -b _PID=18271 | grep 'Failed to set' May 24 13:13:33 sochi gnome-shell[18271]: Failed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1: Entity did not end with a semicolon; most likely you used an ampersand character without intending to start an entity - escape ampersand as & May 24 14:07:18 sochi gnome-shell[18271]: Failed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1 char 28: Odd character 'S', expected a '=' after attribute name 'Less-than' of element ':' May 24 14:07:18 sochi gnome-shell[18271]: Failed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1 char 28: Odd character 'S', expected a '=' after attribute name 'Less-than' of element ':' May 24 14:07:19 sochi gnome-shell[18271]: Failed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1 char 28: Odd character 'S', expected a '=' after attribute name 'Less-than' of element ':' May 24 14:07:19 sochi gnome-shell[18271]: Failed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1 char 28: Odd character 'S', expected a '=' after attribute name 'Less-than' of element ':' There are no additional / relevant messages around these. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.1-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu May 24 14:43:54 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.shell' b'command-history' redacted by apport b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' redacted by apport b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-12 (2323 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130318) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> PATH=(custom, no user) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-01-11 (132 days ago) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages uec-images ** Summary changed: - ailed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1 char 28: Odd character 'S', expected a '=' after attribute name 'Less-than' of element ':' + Failed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1 char 28: Odd character 'S', expected a '=' after attribute name 'Less-than' of element ':' -- 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/1773177 Title: Failed to set the markup of the actor 'ClutterText': Error on line 1 char 28: Odd character 'S', expected a '=' after attribute name 'Less- than' of element ':' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1773177/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs