Bug#941991: gnome-shell: crashes on startup (Wayland only) with "JS ERROR: TypeError: actor.get_meta_window(...) is null"

[Zack Weinberg]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 7:57 AM Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Oct 2019 at 13:59:12 -0400, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> > On my computer, after upgrading to gnome-shell 3.34, I consistently get a
> > gnome-shell catastrophic failure about 10 seconds after logging in, but only
> > when running under Wayland.
>
> Do you mean that you literally log in, wait for 10 seconds without doing
> anything, and the shell crashes; or is there something else you do that
> is or might be the trigger?

I literally log in, wait 10 seconds without doing anything, and the
shell crashes.

> What GPU(s) do you have? If you have an NVIDIA device, are you using the
> proprietary nvidia-graphics-drivers or the open source Mesa/Nouveau drivers?

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 740]

Using the open source drivers.

> Does this still happen in newer versions?
> Do you have any GNOME Shell extensions enabled?

Unfortunately, the affected computer is my office workstation and the
building is closed to all personnel for the duration of the COVID-19
crisis.  If it is possible to determine the answers to these questions
somehow via ssh-ing into the box and typing commands, please tell me
what to do; otherwise I will not be able to answer them anytime soon.
Sorry.

zw