Public bug reported: I pulled out the hdmi cable, then GNOME crashed, i found this on journalctl:
gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: GNOME Shell started at Tue Jan 13 2026 13:14:14 GMT+0100 (Ora standard dell’Europa centrale) gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: Registering session with GDM gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gnome-shell[728330]: Connection to xwayland lost gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gnome-shell[728330]: Xwayland terminated, exiting since it was mandatory gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gsd-print-notif[728730]: Error releasing name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.PrintNotifications: La connessione è chiusa gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gsd-smartcard[728741]: Error releasing name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Smartcard: La connessione è chiusa gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gsd-rfkill[728736]: Error releasing name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Rfkill: La connessione è chiusa gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gsd-datetime[728750]: Error releasing name org.gnome.SettingsDaemon.Datetime: La connessione è chiusa gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gsd-screensaver[728770]: Error releasing name org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver: La connessione è chiusa gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: Launching DING process gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gdm-launch-environment][728247]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session closed for user gdm gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop systemd-logind[1263]: Session c3 logged out. Waiting for processes to exit. gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop systemd[1]: session-c3.scope: Deactivated successfully. gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop systemd[1]: session-c3.scope: Consumed 5.435s CPU time. gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop systemd-logind[1263]: Removed session c3. gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop polkitd[1231]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-session:c3 (system bus name :1.899, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale it_IT.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus) gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gdm3[2198]: Gdm: Child process -728289 was already dead. gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop gdm3[2198]: Gdm: on_display_removed: assertion 'GDM_IS_REMOTE_DISPLAY (display)' failed gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop dbus-daemon[728257]: [session uid=1001 pid=728257] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gtk' gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop systemd[3482]: Started xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.service - Portal service (GTK/GNOME implementation). gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop dbus-daemon[728257]: [session uid=1001 pid=728257] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' gen 13 13:14:16 my-laptop systemd[3482]: Started xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop dbus-daemon[728257]: [session uid=1001 pid=728257] Activating service name='org.gnome.ArchiveManager1' requested by ':1.91' (uid=1001 pid=730304 comm="gjs /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rasters" label="desktop-icons-ng (unconfined)") gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop dbus-daemon[728257]: [session uid=1001 pid=728257] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gtk.vfs.Metadata' unit='gvfs-metadata.service' requested by ':1.91' (uid=1001 pid=730304 comm="gjs /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rasters" label="desktop-icons-ng (unconfined)") gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop systemd[3482]: Starting gvfs-metadata.service - Virtual filesystem metadata service... gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: Detected async api for thumbnails gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop dbus-daemon[728257]: [session uid=1001 pid=728257] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Metadata' gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop systemd[3482]: Started gvfs-metadata.service - Virtual filesystem metadata service. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: Window manager warning: Invalid WM_TRANSIENT_FOR window 0x800008 specified for 0x80000d. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: (gjs:730304): Gjs-WARNING **: 13:14:17.192: GLib.unix_signal_add has been moved to a separate platform-specific library. Please update your code to use GLibUnix.signal_add instead. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: 0 DesktopManager() ["/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/app/desktopManager.js":264:12] gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: 1 anonymous() ["/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/app/ding.js":180:25] gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: 2 anonymous() ["/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/app/ding.js":197:20] gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: 3 <TOP LEVEL> ["/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[email protected]/app/ding.js":206:12] gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: ** Message: 13:14:17.254: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: GNOME nautilus 46.4 gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop dbus-daemon[728257]: [session uid=1001 pid=728257] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.ArchiveManager1' gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: DBus interface for Switcheroo control (net.hadess.SwitcherooControl) is now available. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: DBus interface for Nautilus (org.gnome.Nautilus.FileOperations2) is now available. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: DBus interface for Nautilus (org.freedesktop.FileManager1) is now available. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: DBus interface for Gvfs daemon (org.gtk.vfs.Metadata) is now available. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: DING: DBus interface for File-roller (org.gnome.ArchiveManager1) is now available. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop gnome-shell[729603]: Received notification for window. 0 notifications remaining. gen 13 13:14:17 my-laptop tracker-miner-fs-3[730395]: (tracker-extract-3:730395): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 13:14:17.796: Error creating IO channel for /proc/self/mountinfo: Argomento non valido (g-io-error-quark, 13) gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: [13:14:20] Sent; server replied with: No error gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: [13:14:20] Response code: 500 gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: [13:14:20] Server replied with: gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: [13:14:20] <html> gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: <head><title>Oops! - OOPS-7d5d42ca48420de120cc85c1e32f3a30</title></head> gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: <body> gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: <h1>Oops!</h1> gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: <p>Something broke while generating the page. gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: Please try again in a few minutes, and if the problem persists file gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: a bug or contact customer support. Please quote OOPS-ID gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: <strong>OOPS-7d5d42ca48420de120cc85c1e32f3a30</strong> gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie[729416]: </p></body></html> gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop whoopsie-upload-all[728014]: INFO:root: missing (remaining: 10 s): /var/crash/_usr_bin_gnome-shell.1001.uploaded gen 13 13:14:20 my-laptop systemd[1]: whoopsie.service: Deactivated successfully. gen 13 13:14:21 my-laptop systemd[3482]: Started app-gnome-google\x2dchrome-730475.scope - Application launched by gnome-shell. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: ubuntu-desktop 1.539.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-90.91-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-90-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Jan 13 13:21:39 2026 InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-06-17 (1671 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1) ProcEnviron: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2025-06-14 (213 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble third-party-packages wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2138296 Title: Gnome desktop crashed when disconnecting an external display To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/2138296/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
