Wayland / gnome-shell issues

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I’m running Ubuntu 25.04 Wayland

Problem Description:

On the 11th/12th I went to shutdown my machine it said it would installed updates during the shutdown process. Everything looked like it went fine and the system shutdown as normal.

The next morning I noticed i had issues when closing some windows, some windows and applications would just freeze and when the “not responding” dialogue shows and i press “force quit” I get kicked of the desktop to the login screen. but if i open a terminal and kill the process, i don’t get kicked.

I’ve mainly noticed it with things like : Nautilus, Transmission and like gnome-settings menus.

This only happens when in a Wayland session, If i go into an Xorg session things are fine.

This were the updates that installed the night before I noticed the problems:

Start-Date: 2025-09-12  01:55:41
Commandline: packagekit role='update-packages'

Install: 
libnvidia-common-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automaticlibnvidia-fbc1-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
linux-modules-nvidia-580-open-generic-hwe-24.04:amd64 (6.14.0-29.29+1, automatic),
libnvidia-gl-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
libnvidia-gl-580:i386 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
libnvidia-extra-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
nvidia-compute-utils-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
libnvidia-encode-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
nvidia-utils-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
libnvidia-decode-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
nvidia-kernel-common-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
nvidia-kernel-source-580-open:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
linux-modules-nvidia-580-open-6.14.0-29-generic:amd64 (6.14.0-29.29+1, automatic),
nvidia-driver-580-open:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
nvidia-firmware-580-580.65.06:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
libnvidia-cfg1-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
nvidia-dkms-580-open:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
libnvidia-compute-580:amd64 (580.65.06-0ubuntu0.25.04.4, automatic),
dkms:amd64 (3.0.11-1ubuntu15, automatic)

Upgrade: 
tailscale:amd64 (1.86.2, 1.88.1),
nvidia-kernel-source-575-open:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
qemu-system-x86:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
python3-apparmor:amd64 (4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14, 4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14.1),
libnvidia-common-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
libnvidia-fbc1-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
libnvidia-gl-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
libnvidia-gl-575:i386 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
libnvidia-extra-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
nvidia-compute-utils-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
google-chrome-stable:amd64 (140.0.7339.80-1, 140.0.7339.127-1),
cups-bsd:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
cups-common:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
qemu-system-modules-opengl:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
libnvidia-encode-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
nvidia-utils-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
apparmor:amd64 (4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14, 4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14.1),
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
cups-client:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
cups-ppdc:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
cups-daemon:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
qemu-system-modules-spice:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
apparmor-notify:amd64 (4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14, 4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14.1),
apparmor-profiles:amd64 (4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14, 4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14.1),
libapparmor1:amd64 (4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14, 4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14.1),
qemu-system:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
gnome-shell:amd64 (48.0-1ubuntu1.1, 48.0-1ubuntu1.2),
libcups2t64:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
libnvidia-decode-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
nvidia-driver-575-open:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
cups-ipp-utils:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
libcupsimage2t64:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
qemu-utils:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
nvidia-kernel-common-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
qemu-system-s390x:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
qemu-system-mips:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
qemu-system-misc:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
gnome-shell-common:amd64 (48.0-1ubuntu1.1, 48.0-1ubuntu1.2),
python3-libapparmor:amd64 (4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14, 4.1.0~beta5-0ubuntu14.1),
qemu-system-riscv:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
qemu-system-common:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
cups-core-drivers:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
code:amd64 (1.103.2-1755709794, 1.104.0-1757488003),
libnvidia-cfg1-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
cups:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
linux-modules-nvidia-575-open-generic-hwe-24.04:amd64 (6.14.0-29.29, 6.14.0-29.29+1),
libnvidia-compute-575:amd64 (575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.1, 575.64.03-0ubuntu0.25.04.3),
gnome-shell-extension-prefs:amd64 (48.0-1ubuntu1.1, 48.0-1ubuntu1.2),
qemu-system-arm:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
cups-server-common:amd64 (2.4.12-0ubuntu1, 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1),
qemu-system-sparc:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
qemu-system-data:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
qemu-system-gui:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2),
qemu-system-ppc:amd64 (1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5, 1:9.2.1+ds-1ubuntu5.2)

I’m guessing that it has something to do with the 3 gnome-shell updates, but can’t find a way to see any errors, nothing is showing up in journalctrl as far as I can tell.

trying to fix:

I’m going to downgrade the gnome-shell packages and see if that changes things:
gnome-shell
gnome-shell-common
and remove :
gnome-shell-extension-prefs (can’t downgrade this one)

Update
The downgrading didn’t work.
So i’m all outta’ ideas :smiley:

If anyone has any ideas or a way to get/show debug messages from gnome-shell in logs i’d be most greatfull.

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That includes NVIDIA drivers?

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Not yet, Will try downgrading them.

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Well… things went from bad to just as bad. :frowning:
I tried rolling back nvidia drivers, it worked, but caused other issues to show up (my system is a total mess basically! :smiley: ).

Extreme fix:
So just decided to upgrade to the latest pre beta build of 25.10.

Was going to do a fresh install of Questing Quokka next month anyway, so I just decided to get a head start and see how it runs before I do a wipe and reinstall next month.

So far so good just an issue with a single application and apparmor but nothing show stopping.

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