** Description changed: - Hello, + [ Impact ] Since the upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 with Gnome45, it is no longer possible to restart gnome-shell without crashing the session. The only way not to - crash it is to close all applications before restarting gnome-shell. I - have verified this too. + crash it is to close all applications before restarting gnome-shell. - This has already been reported upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/7050 - a tentative patch for mutter proposed: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/7050#note_1876598 + This has already been fixed upstream at + https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/3329 - Please consider reviewing/testing this patch and pushing an update so - people can restart gnome-shell session without crashing it. + [ Test Plan ] + + 1. Log-in to a Ubuntu Xorg session + 2. Open some application windows + 3. Press Alt+F2 + 4. Type 'restart' and press Enter + 5. Verify that the desktop reloaded correctly. + 6. Verify that the application windows that were previously open remained open. + + [ Where problems could occur ] + + The change should only affect application windows that were open before + gnome-shell take over as the x11 compositor, which is not the common + use-case. + + There is a general regression potential in the handling of x11 windows, that is all apps in a GNOME Xorg session, or legacy apps that use XWayland (such as VLC, Mattermost, or most Electron and Java apps) in a GNOME Wayland session. + Watch out for the correct behaviour when opening/closing application windows.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2040453 Title: Gnome 45 crash on restart in X11 session [Window manager error: Another compositing manager is already running on screen 0 on display “:0”] Status in GNOME Shell: Fix Released Status in Mutter: Fix Released Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in mutter source package in Noble: In Progress Status in gnome-shell package in Arch Linux: New Bug description: [ Impact ] Since the upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 with Gnome45, it is no longer possible to restart gnome-shell without crashing the session. The only way not to crash it is to close all applications before restarting gnome-shell. This has already been fixed upstream at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/3329 [ Test Plan ] 1. Log-in to a Ubuntu Xorg session 2. Open some application windows 3. Press Alt+F2 4. Type 'restart' and press Enter 5. Verify that the desktop reloaded correctly. 6. Verify that the application windows that were previously open remained open. [ Where problems could occur ] The change should only affect application windows that were open before gnome-shell take over as the x11 compositor, which is not the common use-case. There is a general regression potential in the handling of x11 windows, that is all apps in a GNOME Xorg session, or legacy apps that use XWayland (such as VLC, Mattermost, or most Electron and Java apps) in a GNOME Wayland session. Watch out for the correct behaviour when opening/closing application windows. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/2040453/+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
