Public bug reported: So long story short, I added a new keyboard layout (the custom one) on Ubuntu 25.10 with most things default. Then when I pressed the view layout button in settings and pressed like 2 "keys" with my mouse the system became unresponsive, a few seconds later Gnome Shell crashed and the login screen appeared. When I tried to log in and put my password, there was some error and I couldn't enter the password again to retry. I switched to a TTY but couldn't log in because some error was getting printed every second. Finally I rebooted and nothing changed, I still had the issue. After booting into recovery mode and moving the config, local, and cache folders along with a few other things there, I rebooted and everything went back to normal (only my user preferences got reset). I've attached the log (the problems start at about 13:35 I think). From what I understand this is a Gnome Shell bug (or at least partially) but I could be wrong though.
https://pastebin.com/gpe7cphq ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10 Package: gnome-shell 49.0-1ubuntu1.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-14.14-generic 6.17.9 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Mar 8 15:17:29 2026 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-02-19 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" - Release amd64 (20251007) ProcEnviron: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=xterm-256color XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 49.0-2ubuntu5.3 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2143664 Title: Gnome shell crash and getting locked out after adding a custom keyboard layout To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2143664/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
