Got the same once applied the change to enable fractional scaling in a new NVIDIA install:
oct 20 18:18:05 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: clutter_actor_add_child: assertion 'child->priv->parent == NULL' failed oct 20 18:18:05 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: clutter_actor_add_child: assertion 'child->priv->parent == NULL' failed oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: ** oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: St:ERROR:../src/st/st-bin.c:206:st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL) oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: Bail out! St:ERROR:../src/st/st-bin.c:206:st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL) oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: GNOME Shell crashed with signal 6 oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: == Stack trace for context 0x564279be6220 == oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: #0 56427fe2b978 i /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopGrid.js:206 (733f007f880 @ 142) oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: #1 56427fe2b8f0 i /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopGrid.js:124 (733f007fa10 @ 12) oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: #2 56427fe2b850 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/background.js:695 (1b5fcce13d0 @ 155) oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: #3 7ffc06bbc920 b resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:471 (1b5fcce06a0 @ 74) oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: #4 56427fe2b7b8 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/layout.js:541 (1b5fcce04c0 @ 62) oct 20 18:18:07 marco-HP-Pavilion-Notebook-15-bc5xxx gnome-shell[1625]: #5 7ffc06bbd480 b self-hosted:850 (15cca1b07510 @ 423) Crash with debug symbols: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/9bzFwV2yXs/ (full backtrace https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/28pVghG8XZ/) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898005 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL) called from DesktopManager::_destroyDesktopIcons() Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Sorry, I missed what was happening when this crashed. I'll try to catch it next time. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.38.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-18.19-generic 5.8.4 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu48 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Sep 30 08:38:45 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.0-1ubuntu1 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop: () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 g_assertion_message_expr () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 () at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo separator: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1898005/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
