On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 07:16:27PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Thu, 05 Feb 2026 at 11:03:08 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > > gnome-shell aborted abruptly, killing my session. > > Did you perhaps connect a Bluetooth audio device, or do something related to > a Bluetooth audio device?
I did have one connected at the time, yes. > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gsd-media-keys[1118]: ** > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gsd-media-keys[1118]: > > Gvc:ERROR:../subprojects/gvc/gvc-mixer-stream.c:535:gvc_mixer_stream_get_port: > > code should not be reached > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gsd-media-keys[1118]: Bail out! > > Gvc:ERROR:../subprojects/gvc/gvc-mixer-stream.c:535:gvc_mixer_stream_get_port: > > code should not be reached > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gnome-shell[999]: ** > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gnome-shell[999]: > > Gvc:ERROR:../subprojects/gvc/gvc-mixer-stream.c:535:gvc_mixer_stream_get_port: > > code should not be reached > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gnome-shell[999]: Bail out! > > Gvc:ERROR:../subprojects/gvc/gvc-mixer-stream.c:535:gvc_mixer_stream_get_port: > > code should not be reached > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gnome-shell[999]: == Stack trace for context > > 0x565550cd9a90 == > > Feb 05 09:44:43 o gnome-shell[999]: #0 565550da64e8 i > > resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/init.js:21 (cdf9028d8d0 @ 48) > > This looks like the crash that was (hopefully) fixed in 49.3-2: see > #1126514. I see you reported this against 49.3-2, but could it be the case > that 49.3-1 (or earlier) was still running since before you upgraded, and > then crashed in this way? That's extremely possible, yes. Random thought: it might be useful for gnome-shell to log the Debian package version. > (I see that we might need > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/4063 as a > follow-up fix, though.)

