Bug#685139: gnome-shell: Freezes when mouse to top-left on page with Evolution

doug djk44883 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 17 13:06:19 UTC 2012


On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Russel Winder <russel at winder.org.uk> wrote:

> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.4.2-1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I am finding that GNOME Shell freezes fairly frequently on my workstation.
>  By freeze I mean that the mouse
> pointer still moves but no interaction causes any activity to GNOME Shell:
> the only key combinations that have any
> effect are Ctrl-Alt-Del and Ctrl-Alt-Back – I have enable Ctrl-Alt-Back as
> the X killer. Although GNOME
> Shell has frozen, the machine is otherwise running normally, i.e. if I
> login over SSH from another machine, the
> workstation is processing normally, it is just GNOME Shell that has cease
> responding.
>
> The problem is not a timing one, e.g. every two hours, sometimes it is a
> couple of days, sometimes 10
> mins. It is always associated with a "mouse to top-left" from desktop i.e.
> changing from desktop to GNOME
> Shell. I cannot be sure if the super key has the same problem, as I tend
> not use that, but I will
> experiment. I believe that the GNOME Shell freeze only ever happens when
> Evolution is an application on the
> current desktop. Clearly I need to do more experimenting to get more data,
> but it would be good to get
> guidance on what would be the very best experiments to maximally help find
> the problem.
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: wheezy/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=str=こんにちわ世界,
> bytes_read=21, bytes_written=21) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages gnome-shell depends on:
> ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.12.1-2
> ii  gconf-service                                3.2.5-1+build1
> ii  gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0                   0.6.21-6
> ii  gir1.2-atk-1.0                               2.4.0-2
> ii  gir1.2-caribou-1.0                           0.4.2-2
> ii  gir1.2-clutter-1.0                           1.10.8-2
> ii  gir1.2-cogl-1.0                              1.10.2-6
> ii  gir1.2-coglpango-1.0                         1.10.2-6
> ii  gir1.2-folks-0.6                             0.6.9-1+b1
> ii  gir1.2-freedesktop                           1.32.1-1
> ii  gir1.2-gconf-2.0                             3.2.5-1+build1
> ii  gir1.2-gcr-3                                 3.4.1-3
> ii  gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0                     3.4.2-1
> ii  gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0                         2.26.1-1
> ii  gir1.2-gee-1.0                               0.6.4-2
> ii  gir1.2-gkbd-3.0                              3.4.0.2-1
> ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.32.1-1
> ii  gir1.2-gmenu-3.0                             3.4.2-3
> ii  gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0                    3.4.2-1
> ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.4.2-3
> ii  gir1.2-json-1.0                              0.14.2-1
> ii  gir1.2-mutter-3.0                            3.4.1-5
> ii  gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0                    0.9.4.0-5
> ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.30.0-1
> ii  gir1.2-polkit-1.0                            0.105-1
> ii  gir1.2-soup-2.4                              2.38.1-2
> ii  gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12                    0.18.2-1
> ii  gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2                   0.4.0-1
> ii  gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0                        0.9.17-1
> ii  gjs                                          1.32.0-2
> ii  gnome-bluetooth                              3.4.2-1
> ii  gnome-icon-theme-symbolic                    3.4.0-2
> ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        3.4.2-4+b1
> ii  gnome-shell-common                           3.4.2-1
> ii  gnome-themes-standard                        3.4.2-1
> ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    3.4.2-1
> ii  libatk1.0-0                                  2.4.0-2
> ii  libc6                                        2.13-35
> ii  libcairo-gobject2                            1.12.2-2
> ii  libcairo2                                    1.12.2-2
> ii  libcanberra0                                 0.28-4
> ii  libclutter-1.0-0                             1.10.8-2
> ii  libcogl-pango0                               1.10.2-6
> ii  libcogl9                                     1.10.2-6
> ii  libcroco3                                    0.6.5-1
> ii  libdbus-1-3                                  1.6.2-2
> ii  libdbus-glib-1-2                             0.100-1
> ii  libebook-1.2-13                              3.4.3-1
> ii  libecal-1.2-11                               3.4.3-1
> ii  libedataserver-1.2-16                        3.4.3-1
> ii  libedataserverui-3.0-1                       3.4.3-1
> ii  libffi5                                      3.0.10-3
> ii  libfolks25                                   0.6.9-1+b1
> ii  libgck-1-0                                   3.4.1-3
> ii  libgconf-2-4                                 3.2.5-1+build1
> ii  libgcr-3-1                                   3.4.1-3
> ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0                           2.26.1-1
> ii  libgee2                                      0.6.4-2
> ii  libgirepository-1.0-1                        1.32.1-1
> ii  libgjs0b [libgjs0-libmozjs185-1.0]           1.32.0-2
> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]                     8.0.4-1
> ii  libglib2.0-0                                 2.32.3-1
> ii  libgnome-keyring0                            3.4.1-1
> ii  libgnome-menu-3-0                            3.4.2-3
> ii  libgstreamer0.10-0                           0.10.36-1
> ii  libgtk-3-0                                   3.4.2-3
> ii  libical0                                     0.48-2
> ii  libjson-glib-1.0-0                           0.14.2-1
> ii  libmozjs185-1.0                              1.8.5-1.0.0+dfsg-3.1
> ii  libmutter0                                   3.4.1-5
> ii  libnm-glib4                                  0.9.4.0-5
> ii  libnm-util2                                  0.9.4.0-5
> ii  libnspr4                                     2:4.9.2-1
> ii  libnspr4-0d                                  2:4.9.2-1
> ii  libp11-kit0                                  0.12-3
> ii  libpango1.0-0                                1.30.0-1
> ii  libpolkit-agent-1-0                          0.105-1
> ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0                        0.105-1
> ii  libpulse-mainloop-glib0                      2.0-6
> ii  libpulse0                                    2.0-6
> ii  libsoup2.4-1                                 2.38.1-2
> ii  libstartup-notification0                     0.12-1
> ii  libtelepathy-glib0                           0.18.2-1
> ii  libtelepathy-logger2                         0.4.0-1
> ii  libx11-6                                     2:1.5.0-1
> ii  libxcomposite1                               1:0.4.3-2
> ii  libxdamage1                                  1:1.1.3-2
> ii  libxext6                                     2:1.3.1-2
> ii  libxfixes3                                   1:5.0-4
> ii  libxi6                                       2:1.6.1-1
> ii  libxml2                                      2.8.0+dfsg1-5
> ii  python                                       2.7.3-2
> ii  telepathy-mission-control-5                  1:5.12.1-2
>
> Versions of packages gnome-shell recommends:
> ii  gnome-contacts          3.4.1-1+b1
> ii  gnome-control-center    1:3.4.2-2
> ii  gnome-session-fallback  3.4.2.1-1
> ii  gnome-user-guide        3.4.2-1+build1
>
> gnome-shell suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
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