[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-05-09 Thread Deepak Eachempati
@Hugo, yes the modal setting looks to have been updated. I used gconf- editor to uncheck that setting, and confirmed this as you suggested. I am still using gnome-shell 3.2, though. You think update to 3.4 might + the modal thing might help? @fig, when you say it crashes, what does it look like o

[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-05-09 Thread Deepak Eachempati
Thanks for the feedback Hugo. I am using Gnome Shell, but F2 on its own doesn't bring up the run dialog. I typically use Alt-F2 and the press r to restart gnome shell. However, this doesn't work when I experience the symptoms described in this bug report. I have to do Ctrl-Alt-Backspace and restar

[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-05-09 Thread Deepak Eachempati
When I look in my syslog and syslog.1, I don't see any mention of gnome- shell crashing. Considering that the modal window fix didn't help me, maybe I'm experiencing an unrelated issue? Not sure. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 889706] Re: Gnome-shell randomly crashes

2012-05-09 Thread Deepak Eachempati
I am using LInux Mint 12 x64, Gnome Shell version 3.2.2.1. Laptop: Lenovo T61, Graphics: Intel 965GM. I have been experiencing this problem since installing Linux Mint nearly 2 months ago. I have tried solutions 1 and 3, but crashes still occur. That is, various applications in the gnome shell