Bug#998371: gnome resets and start from login when typing two random letters in search bar

[Simon McVittie]

Control: tags -1 = moreinfo unreproducible
Control: reassign -1 gnome-shell 3.30.2-11~deb10u2

On Tue, 02 Nov 2021 at 21:18:44 -0600, Claudio wrote:
> When I type 2 letters in the search bar of apps gnome closes all the windows
> and my user session and start from login.

That sounds like a gnome-shell crash. I think it's safe to say that this
is triggered by something that's specific to your particular system or
configuration: if it was more general, other people would have seen this
in the 2 years since Debian 10 was released.

Do you have any GNOME Shell extensions enabled?

What messages appear in the system log (systemd journal) at the time of the
crash?

How often does this happen? If you type 2 letters into the search bar
10 times, how many of those times will it crash?

It might be helpful to install systemd-coredump and detached debug symbols,
and get a backtrace from the crash. Please see:
https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace#Core_dump
https://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace

> Debian Release: 10.11

Debian 10 was superseded by Debian 11 in August 2021. I would recommend
upgrading, unless there is a specific reason why you need to stay on
Debian 10.

> Tags: a11y

This bug does not seem related to screen-readers or other accessibility
technologies, so I'm removing the tag.

    smcv