Gnome Shell Freezes- Need a Permanent Solution

w201 · 2013-12-21 05:11:47

Greetings folks,

I changed my DE a month or two ago. I'm now using Gnome Shell, which I am more than happy with except for one minor glitch, the shell freezes, a lot. The wiki has a temporary fix for this issue:

pkill -HUP gnome-shell

But honestly, this happens at least once or twice a week and it's getting to be really annoying. If the wiki has a temporary fix for this I'm going out on a limb and say it's a widespread problem. I scanned for errors in Journalctl but nothing really stands out. Are any of you guys using Gnome Shell experiencing this problem? I'd really love a solution if anyone else has figured something out. I scoured the internet to no avail. Any help at all would be appreciated guys.

Thank you!

Last edited by w201 (2013-12-21 05:15:57)

OssiL · 2013-12-27 19:29:13

Yes, I have had similar issues, especially if there is multiple users logged in and switching active user.
Might have been already with Gnome 3.8.
Should have time and stamina to debug this a bit and check all the errors and perhaps even paste them here.
Or ask how to debug this better, if journalctl doesn't reveal enough.

Steef435 · 2013-12-27 22:38:51

Sadly there are plenty of reasons for Gnome to crash as far as I know. If there even were a permanent solution it won't be universal.

w201 · 2013-12-28 00:53:51

Not sure how to debug this one, but... 8 times out of 10, it freezes when I'm away from my keyboard, on the lock screen. Rarely have I seen it freeze during an active session and it has never crashed.

graysky · 2013-12-28 01:31:58

Xfce4?

Steef435 · 2013-12-28 02:13:18

w201 wrote:

Not sure how to debug this one, but... 8 times out of 10, it freezes when I'm away from my keyboard, on the lock screen. Rarely have I seen it freeze during an active session and it has never crashed.

Well I'd start at the locker then. Or don't lock it at all.

w201 · 2013-12-29 05:09:18

graysky wrote:

Xfce4?

No thanks. Used it for years. Over it.

@Steef Okay, thanks man. That was one of the first things I checked.

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#1 2013-12-21 05:11:47

Gnome Shell Freezes- Need a Permanent Solution

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