Bug#932767: Bug#932428, Bug#932767, Bug#932781: gnome-shell crashes involving monitor changes

[Vasudev Kamath]

Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> writes:

> Control: reassign -1 libmutter-3-0 3.30.2-7
> Control: affects -1 gnome-shell
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> Control: forwarded -1 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/merge_requests/538
>
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 08:18:09 +0200, Jörn Heissler wrote:
>> gnome-shell crashes when I suspend my laptop or when I connect an
>> external monitor or disconnect it.
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 10:06:52 -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>> It appears the cause [of a crash] is unplugging my usb C hub, which in turn
>> has the HDMI connector for the external monitor.
>
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 10:36:59 +0530, Vasudev Kamath wrote:
>> Closing laptop lid normally puts laptop sleep and I get back my session on reopen. But after recent update
>> I see that I get logged out and closer inspection revealed that gnome-shell is crashing
>
> I've found an upstream commit that might be the solution for all of these
> crashes. Please try mutter 3.30.2-8 and gnome-shell 3.30.2-10 when they
> become available in unstable. After upgrading you will need to log out
> and back in (or reboot) for the new code to be used.
>
> The actual fix is in mutter, but the updated gnome-shell has a different
> crash fix, and while you're restarting GNOME anyway we might as well get
> wider testing for the updated gnome-shell too...

Yes I can confirm that this fixes all the crash issue. Thanks Simon.

>
> (Lid-close/suspend seems to be treated as a monitor unplug internally,
> which is why it can cause similar crashes.)

Even the external monitor connection crash is resolved.

Cheers,