PSA: GNOME Shell replace from another TTY (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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If your GNOME Shell went FUBAR and you can't reach a terminal from it to issue ~~gnome-shell --replace~~(apparently this is broken since 3.30), and Alt+F2 doesn't work, you can use the following in another TTY or via SSH:

killall -3 gnome-shell

That'll be all.

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[-] MondayToFriday@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

According to this article, gnome-shell --replace no longer works starting with GNOME Shell 3.30.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tried it, wow, it did indeed vomit in my face.

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