It appears this crash stopped occurring after Ubuntu 17.10. See: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/685b1f09a620aa3b892715d4eb6e43895ca64b76
** Description changed: + https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/685b1f09a620aa3b892715d4eb6e43895ca64b76 + apt-cache policy gnome-shell gnome-shell: - Installed: 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 - Candidate: 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 + Installed: 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 + Candidate: 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Release: 16.04 Gnome Shell crashed this morning while I was un-installing Gnome-Shell extensions to try and figure out why I was seeing this in my syslog: May 12 10:47:58 localhost gnome-session[3343]: (gnome-shell:3393): Clutter-CRITICAL **: clutter_layout_manager_get_child_meta: assertion 'CLUTTER_IS_LAYOUT_MANAGER (manager)' failed May 12 10:47:58 localhost gnome-session[3343]: (gnome-shell:3393): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed May 12 10:47:58 localhost gnome-session[3343]: (gnome-shell:3393): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_set: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.18.5-0ubuntu0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-41.46~16.04.1-generic 4.13.16 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-41-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sat May 12 11:18:28 2018 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-24 (1296 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron: - PATH=(custom, user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash Signal: 5 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop: - ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 - g_main_context_new () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 - g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_sync () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 - ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 - ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 + ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 + g_main_context_new () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 + g_dbus_connection_send_message_with_reply_sync () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 + ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 + ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in g_main_context_new() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip kvm libvirtd lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare sudo ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770875 Title: gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 in g_main_context_new() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1770875/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs