I can't recall which of these may have corresponded with having to use the power off button on the laptop.
$ ls -la /var/crash total 20144 drwxrwsrwt 2 root whoopsie 4096 Jul 27 07:36 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Apr 16 13:10 .. -rw-r----- 1 dean whoopsie 5103430 Jul 26 21:24 _opt_brave.com_brave_brave.1000.crash -rw-rw-r-- 1 dean whoopsie 0 Jul 26 21:24 _opt_brave.com_brave_brave.1000.upload -rw------- 1 whoopsie whoopsie 37 Jul 26 21:25 _opt_brave.com_brave_brave.1000.uploaded -rw-r----- 1 dean whoopsie 6644240 Jul 26 22:13 _opt_teamviewer_tv_bin_TeamViewer.1000.crash -rw-rw-r-- 1 dean whoopsie 0 Jul 26 22:13 _opt_teamviewer_tv_bin_TeamViewer.1000.upload -rw------- 1 whoopsie whoopsie 37 Jul 26 22:13 _opt_teamviewer_tv_bin_TeamViewer.1000.uploaded -rw-r----- 1 dean whoopsie 8851664 Jul 26 21:23 _usr_bin_gnome-control-center.1000.crash -rw-rw-r-- 1 dean whoopsie 0 Jul 26 21:23 _usr_bin_gnome-control-center.1000.upload -rw------- 1 whoopsie whoopsie 37 Jul 26 21:24 _usr_bin_gnome-control-center.1000.uploaded -----Original Message----- From: boun...@canonical.com <boun...@canonical.com> On Behalf Of Chris Guiver Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 11:42 PM To: dean.w.schu...@gmail.com Subject: [Bug 1838122] Re: Opening the Settings dialog locks the desktop Can you please provide a `ls -la /var/crash` as the file names themselves tell us what crashes occurred (inc. when), which is more than we have currently. Do the 'times' of the .crash files correspond to when you're likely to have hit the 'power' button to force-shutdown? or if unsure just respond you can't recall. Thanks again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838122 Title: Opening the Settings dialog locks the desktop Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have the Settings icon locked to the favorites bar. When I click on it the wait cursor comes up and the desktop is locked. I cannot shutdown, except through the power button on my laptop. Ubuntu 19.04 on Dell XPS15-9560. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1838122/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1838122 Title: Opening the Settings dialog locks the desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1838122/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs