Repro steps have been verified in clean VM and now refined to include the crasher.
** Description changed: ## Steps to reproduce ## - 1. On bionic, apt install -y indicator-multiload - 2. Run indicator-multiload + 1. On bionic, apt install -y indicator-multiload dconf-editor + 2. dconf load /de/mh21/indicator-multiload/ < crasher.dconf-dump + 3. Run indicator-multiload lsb_release -d: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS gnome-shell version: 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 indicator-multiload version: 0.4-0ubuntu5 - ## Actual result ## Whole desktop crashes. gnome-shell dies with SIGABRT, logging this assertion failure: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1787512 - ## Expected result ## An applet appears, showing CPU/RAM load graphs. If not that -- an error is reported. If not that -- gnome-shell continues to work, rather than crashing and destroying everything unsaved I've been working on. The desktop should not crash because of one shitty program. Especially - so if that program puts itself into ~/.config/autostart -- effectively - rendering the OS dead to a simpleton user. + so if that program has put itself into ~/.config/autostart -- + effectively rendering the OS dead to a simpleton user. ** Attachment added: "A presumably invalid, or corrupt, dconf fragment for indicator-multiload" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1844354/+attachment/5289194/+files/crasher.dconf-dump ** Summary changed: - Starting indicator-multiload crashes gnome-shell + Starting indicator-multiload (with peculiar config) crashes gnome-shell ** Description changed: ## Steps to reproduce ## 1. On bionic, apt install -y indicator-multiload dconf-editor 2. dconf load /de/mh21/indicator-multiload/ < crasher.dconf-dump 3. Run indicator-multiload - - lsb_release -d: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS - gnome-shell version: 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 - indicator-multiload version: 0.4-0ubuntu5 ## Actual result ## Whole desktop crashes. gnome-shell dies with SIGABRT, logging this assertion failure: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1787512 ## Expected result ## An applet appears, showing CPU/RAM load graphs. If not that -- an error is reported. If not that -- gnome-shell continues to work, rather than crashing and destroying everything unsaved I've been working on. The desktop should not crash because of one shitty program. Especially so if that program has put itself into ~/.config/autostart -- effectively rendering the OS dead to a simpleton user. + + + lsb_release -d: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS + gnome-shell version: 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.1 + indicator-multiload version: 0.4-0ubuntu5 -- 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/1844354 Title: Starting indicator-multiload (with peculiar config) crashes gnome- shell To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1844354/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
