Thanks for the log. This suggests gnome-shell died because Xorg or Xwayland had already died:
Jan 04 12:21:10 stephen-desktop gnome-shell[83433]: gnome-shell: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0. So please: 1. Delete all existing files from /var/crash/ 2. Reproduce the crash. 3. Use these instructions to report future crashes to us: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Missing_a_crash_report_or_having_a_.crash_attachment -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1909946 Title: Gnome Wayland session starts, then quits. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1909946/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs