*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1880405 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1880405
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1880405, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1880405 Unresponsive GUI and journal flooded with: JS ERROR: TypeError: null has no properties _onFocusChanged@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/closeDialog.js:135:9 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1928358 Title: gnome-shell spamming the log Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I don't know what happened, but I just sat down at my machine to find it sluggish. Digging further, I find that gnome-shell is spamming the system log with these messages: May 13 12:06:42 cerberus gnome-shell[3120]: JS ERROR: TypeError: null has no properties _onFocusChanged@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/closeDialog.js:135:9 actionMoveWorkspace@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/windowManager.js:2170:23 _showWorkspaceSwitcher@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/windowManager.js:2144:18 Restarting the shell with: busctl --user call org.gnome.Shell /org/gnome/Shell org.gnome.Shell Eval s 'Meta.restart("Restarting…")' restored it to sanity. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-73.82-generic 5.4.106 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-73-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.17 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu May 13 12:07:00 2021 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-29 (348 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.7+git20201123-0.20.04.1 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-11-04 (190 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1928358/+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