Describe the bug
GNOME Shell crashes with SIGABRT when a monitor/display reconfiguration occurs (e.g. VNC client connect/disconnect, xrandr resize). The crash originates in tiling-assistant's moveHandler.js which
queries a logical monitor that no longer exists after the reconfiguration. This drops the user to the GDM login screen (full session logout). Observed 3 crashes over 2 days. Disabling the extension
resolved the issue completely.
Steps To Reproduce
- Enable the Tiling Assistant extension
- Have x11vnc running with
-xrandr flag (or any setup that triggers display reconfiguration)
- Connect/disconnect a VNC client, or trigger an xrandr display change
- GNOME Shell crashes with signal 6 and the session is terminated
System Info:
- Distro (incl. version): Ubuntu (24.04-based)
- GNOME Shell version: 46.0 (mutter 46.2)
- Extension version and from where: v46, system-installed (
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/tiling-assistant@ubuntu.com)
- XOrg/Wayland: XOrg
Journalctl logs
meta_monitor_manager_get_logical_monitor_from_number: assertion '(unsigned int) number < g_list_length (manager->logical_monitors)' failed
meta_workspace_get_work_area_for_monitor: assertion 'logical_monitor != NULL' failed
**
libmutter:ERROR:../src/core/window.c:5937:meta_window_get_work_area_for_logical_monitor: assertion failed: (logical_monitor)
Bail out! libmutter:ERROR:../src/core/window.c:5937:meta_window_get_work_area_for_logical_monitor: assertion failed: (logical_monitor)
GNOME Shell crashed with signal 6
== Stack trace for context 0x59db91cb04b0 ==
#0 7ffce2003320 b file:///usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/tiling-assistant@ubuntu.com/src/extension/moveHandler.js:475 (2a998266e6a0 @ 454)
#1 7ffce2003b40 b file:///usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/tiling-assistant@ubuntu.com/src/extension/moveHandler.js:363 (2a998266e420 @ 1833)
#2 59db91d7bf68 i resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:21 (1e0814c70bf0 @ 48)
Describe the bug
GNOME Shell crashes with SIGABRT when a monitor/display reconfiguration occurs (e.g. VNC client connect/disconnect, xrandr resize). The crash originates in tiling-assistant's
moveHandler.jswhichqueries a logical monitor that no longer exists after the reconfiguration. This drops the user to the GDM login screen (full session logout). Observed 3 crashes over 2 days. Disabling the extension
resolved the issue completely.
Steps To Reproduce
-xrandrflag (or any setup that triggers display reconfiguration)System Info:
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/tiling-assistant@ubuntu.com)Journalctl logs