Bug#911648: gnome-shell: Gnome shell menus are stuck in the state they were opened at (no visual update from interactions)

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 11:08:45AM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.30.1-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> For a few weeks, now, the gnome shell menus don't visually respond to
> interaction. Examples of what I mean:
> 
> - click on the clock in the middle of the gnome shell top-bar. This
>   opens the notifications and calendar. Click on some date in the
>   calendar: nothing happens.
> 
> - click on the icons on the top-right. Try to interact with sound
>   volume, brigthness. You'll see no change the the control bars, while
>   the volume or brigthness are actually adjusted properly.
> 
> - In the same top-right menu, try to open the wifi, bluetooth, or
>   network submenus. Nothing visually happens, yet the subsequent
>   interactions will work as if the submenus had been displayed. So for
>   example, if I click on the power submenu, then on what still appears
>   to be the user submenu, I get the power configuration tool, because after
>   the power submenu opens, that's what would appear at the initial
>   location of the user submenu.

Apparently, this only happens when using multiple monitors and one of
them is rotated.

Mike