Please try uninstalling/disabling all of these extensions: 'gTile@vibou', 'multi-monitors-add-on@spin83', 'tray-ic...@zhangkaizhao.com', 'topic...@phocean.net'
and then log out and in again. Removing extensions from the equation is the first thing we need to try because so many bugs are caused by extensions. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908559 Title: Steam or discord: "pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed" Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Roughly every 10 minutes two entries of the heading is printed to the logs ``` $ journalctl -b | grep "pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed" des. 17 19:38:53 vega gnome-shell[8626]: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed des. 17 19:45:15 vega gnome-shell[8626]: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed des. 17 19:45:18 vega gnome-shell[8626]: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed des. 17 19:54:00 vega gnome-shell[8626]: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed des. 17 19:54:02 vega gnome-shell[8626]: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed des. 17 20:03:34 vega gnome-shell[8626]: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed des. 17 20:03:37 vega gnome-shell[8626]: pushModal: invocation of begin_modal failed ``` I'm suspecting this is caused by either the discord snap, or steam missing some kind of permission ``` ps -ef | grep 8626 centx 8626 8293 3 19:18 ? 00:01:38 /usr/bin/gnome-shell centx 8692 8626 0 19:18 ? 00:00:00 ibus-daemon --panel disable --xim centx 18453 8626 0 19:39 ? 00:00:13 /snap/discord/119/usr/share/discord/Discord --no-sandbox centx 19237 8626 0 19:41 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -e /usr/games/steam ``` --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DisplayManager: gdm3 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-30 (718 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) Package: gnome-shell 3.38.1-1ubuntu1.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.1-2ubuntu1 Tags: third-party-packages groovy Uname: Linux 5.9.12-050912-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-12-12 (5 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1908559/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
