This also affects me after an upgrade from 23.04 to 23.10. Same issue that restart only works if no windows are open.
Using the fix in #1, following the mutter build instructions from https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/gnome/mutter.html fixed the issue for me. -- 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/2040453 Title: Gnome 45 crash on restart in X11 session [Window manager error: Another compositing manager is already running on screen 0 on display “:0”] Status in GNOME Shell: New Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell package in Arch Linux: New Bug description: Hello, Since the upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10 with Gnome45, it is no longer possible to restart gnome-shell without crashing the session. The only way not to crash it is to close all applications before restarting gnome-shell. I have verified this too. This has already been reported upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/7050 a tentative patch for mutter proposed: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/7050#note_1876598 Please consider reviewing/testing this patch and pushing an update so people can restart gnome-shell session without crashing it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/2040453/+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
