gnome-shell crashed with signal 5 [The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'. (Details: serial xxxx error_code 8 request_code 131 (XInputExtension) minor_code 57)]

StacktraceTop:
 XPending (dpy=0x5575647c98d0) at ../../src/Pending.c:55
 g_main_context_prepare (context=0x55756471a3b0, priority=0x7ffc06655650) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:3784
 g_main_context_iterate.constprop.0 (context=0x55756471a3b0, block=1, dispatch=1, self=<optimized out>) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4256
 g_main_loop_run (loop=0x5575665b4b60) at ../../../glib/gmain.c:4479
 meta_context_run_main_loop (context=context@entry=0x557564718780, error=error@entry=0x7ffc06655708) at ../src/core/meta-context.c:482

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Tracking in https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/53564230b4b22425c80ba6615ecceab429c477e4

Seems to always be:

Received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)'.
(Details: serial 8835 error_code 8 request_code 131 (XInputExtension) minor_code 57)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the MUTTER_SYNC environment
variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the meta_x_error() function.)

Looks like most of the crash reports are from systems using the Nvidia driver, but then most Xorg sessions will be due to the Nvidia driver being installed.

See also bug 2015035.

I think this might be originating from a call to XIChangeProperty() but I can't yet find any API mismatches between mutter and xserver-xorg-input-libinput. Although there are new properties upstream, neither of the packages in Ubuntu support them yet.

If anyone can reproduce one of these crashes then please help us to debug the issue by adding MUTTER_SYNC=1 to /etc/environment, then reboot and tell us what new crashes the system encounters.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

I added MUTTER_SYNC=1 to my environment and got the attached crash file

Another crash file from what appears to be from the gdm instance of gnome-shell

Another crash file from gnome-shell running as gdm

Another crash file generated with waking from suspend

Comment #11: Corrupt (bug 2015857)

Comment #13: Missing some debug symbols (library unloaded?!) but getting closer:

#10 0x00007f9a42e7e71f in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#11 0x00007f9a434e4b50 in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-12.so.0
#12 0x00007f9a434e4dc4 in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-12.so.0
#13 0x00007f9a4347587f in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-12.so.0
#14 0x00007f9a43475a19 in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-12.so.0
#15 0x00007f9a43478a3f in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-12.so.0
#16 0x00007f9a434e40e1 in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmutter-12.so.0
#17 0x00007f9a43713ebb in clutter_seat_handle_event_post ()
    at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mutter-12/libmutter-clutter-12.so.0
#18 0x00007f9a43707183 in _clutter_process_event ()
    at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mutter-12/libmutter-clutter-12.so.0

Comment #14: SUCCESS!

#11 0x00007fed52e7e67f in XSync () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#12 0x00007fed52e7e71f in () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
#13 0x00007fed534e4b50 in change_property
    (settings=<optimised out>, device=0x558b3a712470, property=<optimised out>, type=156, format=32, data=0x7ffe3f8a1b74, nitems=1)
    at ../src/backends/x11/meta-input-settings-x11.c:184
#14 0x00007fed534e4dc4 in meta_input_settings_x11_set_speed
    (settings=settings@entry=0x558b3a7073e0, device=0x558b3a712470, speed=speed@entry=0) at ../src/backends/x11/meta-input-settings-x11.c:249
#15 0x00007fed5347587f in settings_device_set_double_setting
    (value=0, func=0x7fed534e4d50 <meta_input_settings_x11_set_speed>, device=<optimised out>, input_settings=0x558b3a7073e0)
    at ../src/backends/meta-input-settings.c:231
#16 settings_set_double_setting
    (value=0, func=0x7fed534e4d50 <meta_input_settings_x11_set_speed>, unset_capabilities=CLUTTER_INPUT_CAPABILITY_TOUCHPAD, capabilities=CLUTTER_INPUT_CAPABILITY_POINTER, input_settings=0x558b3a7073e0)
    at ../src/backends/meta-input-settings.c:248
#17 update_device_speed (input_settings=0x558b3a7073e0, device=<optimised out>)
    at ../src/backends/meta-input-settings.c:511
#18 0x00007fed53475a19 in apply_device_settings
    (input_settings=0x558b3a7073e0, device=0x0)
    at ../src/backends/meta-input-settings.c:1483
#19 0x00007fed53478a3f in meta_input_settings_remove_device
    (input_settings=0x558b3a7073e0, device=0x558b3a6f8140)
    at ../src/backends/meta-input-settings.c:1629
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#20 0x00007fed534e40e1 in meta_seat_x11_handle_event_post
    (event=0x558b3d639db0, seat=0x558b3a6dbc70)
    at ../src/backends/x11/meta-seat-x11.c:836
#21 meta_seat_x11_handle_event_post (seat=0x558b3a6dbc70, event=0x558b3d639db0)
    at ../src/backends/x11/meta-seat-x11.c:810
#22 0x00007fed53713ebb in clutter_seat_handle_event_post
    (seat=0x558b3a6dbc70, event=0x558b3d639db0)
    at ../clutter/clutter/clutter-seat.c:598
#23 0x00007fed53707183 in _clutter_process_event (event=0x558b3d639db0)
    at ../clutter/clutter/clutter-main.c:919
#24 0x00007fed5371aa20 in _clutter_stage_process_queued_events
    (stage=0x558b3a6e8690) at ../clutter/clutter/clutter-stage.c:757
#25 0x00007fed53706f69 ...

Proposed fix: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/2960

Ken VanDine verified that the patch from merge request 2960 fixed his crashes.

This bug was fixed in the package mutter - 44.0-2ubuntu4

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mutter (44.0-2ubuntu4) lunar; urgency=medium

  [ Daniel van Vugt ]
  * Add proposed patch to treat XIChangeProperty errors as warnings,
    fixes crash on login or resume from suspend with Nvidia graphics drivers
    (LP: #2014986)

 -- Jeremy Bícha <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:32:30 -0400