By running "(journalctl -f > journal.txt &) && (nautilus &) && sleep 10 && killall nautilus && sleep 1 && killall journalctl", I was able to acquire only the log entries that occurred while reproducing the bug.
Oct 02 11:12:33 user-83BV systemd[1701]: Started tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor. Oct 02 11:12:42 user-83BV dbus-daemon[1774]: [session uid=1000 pid=1774] Activating service name='org.gnome.Nautilus' requested by ':1.41' (uid=1000 pid=2293 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-shell" label="unconfined") Oct 02 11:12:42 user-83BV nautilus[35524]: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files Oct 02 11:12:42 user-83BV dbus-daemon[1774]: [session uid=1000 pid=1774] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Nautilus' Oct 02 11:12:42 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x2e00004 Oct 02 11:12:42 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Meta.Rectangle is deprecated, use Mtk.Rectangle instead Oct 02 11:12:43 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x55f32df50d10] is on because it needs an allocation. Oct 02 11:12:43 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x55f32d9e56d0] is on because it needs an allocation. Oct 02 11:12:45 user-83BV wpa_supplicant[1164]: wlp0s20f3: PMKSA-CACHE-ADDED 9c:1c:12:04:5a:d4 0 Oct 02 11:12:46 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Meta.Rectangle is deprecated, use Mtk.Rectangle instead Oct 02 11:12:52 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Window manager warning: Buggy client sent a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW message with a timestamp of 0 for 0x2e00112 Oct 02 11:12:52 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Meta.Rectangle is deprecated, use Mtk.Rectangle instead Oct 02 11:12:53 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaWindowActorX11>:0x55f33221e540] is on because it needs an allocation. Oct 02 11:12:53 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Can't update stage views actor <unnamed>[<MetaSurfaceActorX11>:0x55f32ff14c70] is on because it needs an allocation. Oct 02 11:12:55 user-83BV dbus-daemon[1774]: [session uid=1000 pid=1774] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' unit='tracker-extract-3.service' requested by ':1.83' (uid=1000 pid=3211 comm="/usr/libexec/tracker-miner-fs-3" label="unconfined") Oct 02 11:12:55 user-83BV systemd[1701]: Starting tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor... Oct 02 11:12:55 user-83BV dbus-daemon[1774]: [session uid=1000 pid=1774] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Extract' Oct 02 11:12:55 user-83BV systemd[1701]: Started tracker-extract-3.service - Tracker metadata extractor. Oct 02 11:13:02 user-83BV gnome-shell[2293]: Meta.Rectangle is deprecated, use Mtk.Rectangle instead -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2037307 Title: Dragging the top activities/time bar freezes GNOME completely (Xorg session) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2037307/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs