I am also experiencing this bug. I can reproduce it every time by unmounting and then mounting an external drive in Files. The log output:
udisksd[1564]: udisks_state_check_mounted_fs_entry: block device /dev/sda1 is busy, skipping cleanup systemd[942289]: media-fhenneke-Build.mount: Succeeded. systemd[1]: media-fhenneke-Build.mount: Succeeded. udisksd[1564]: Cleaning up mount point /media/fhenneke/Build (device 8:1 is not mounted) udisksd[1564]: Unmounted /dev/sda1 on behalf of uid 1000 gnome-shell[942459]: ** gnome-shell[942459]: St:ERROR:../src/st/st-bin.c:206:st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL) gnome-shell[942459]: Bail out! St:ERROR:../src/st/st-bin.c:206:st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL) gnome-shell[942459]: GNOME Shell crashed with signal 6 gnome-shell[942459]: == Stack trace for context 0x55da423db100 == gnome-shell[942459]: #0 55da43efe1c8 i /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopManager.js:234 (3d4a1c3cc650 @ 10) gnome-shell[942459]: #1 7ffe24a8d620 b self-hosted:225 (34d163856240 @ 273) gnome-shell[942459]: #2 55da43efe130 i /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopManager.js:234 (3d4a1c3cc6a0 @ 43) gnome-shell[942459]: #3 55da43efe0a0 i /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopManager.js:209 (3d4a1c3cc7e0 @ 32) gnome-shell[942459]: #4 55da43efe018 i /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano/desktopManager.js:96 (3d4a1c3ccb50 @ 12) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1898005 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT in st_bin_destroy: assertion failed: (priv->child == NULL) called from DesktopManager::_destroyDesktopIcons() Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell source package in Groovy: New Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons source package in Groovy: New Bug description: See also bug 1898910 --- Sorry, I missed what was happening when this crashed. I'll try to catch it next time. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: gnome-shell 3.38.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-18.19-generic 5.8.4 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu48 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Sep 30 08:38:45 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/gnome-shell ProcEnviron: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.38.0-1ubuntu1 Signal: 6 SourcePackage: gnome-shell StacktraceTop: () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 g_assertion_message_expr () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 () at /usr/lib/gnome-shell/libst-1.0.so g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 Title: gnome-shell crashed with SIGABRT UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo separator: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1898005/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp