{
 "id": "fix-for-gnome-terminal-server-sigsegv-in-gtk",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fix for gnome-terminal-server SIGSEGV in gtk_widget_queue_draw closing ALL terminal windows at once on Ubuntu 24.04",
 "symptom": "Opening one new terminal window instantly closed every terminal window; journal shows 'gnome-terminal-server.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV' preceded by many 'gtk_widget_queue_draw: assertion GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget) failed'",
 "hw": [
  "homegpu"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "gnome-terminal@3.52.0-1ubuntu2",
  "libvte@0.76.0-1ubuntu0.1",
  "libgtk-3@3.24.41-4ubuntu1.3",
  "ubuntu@24.04",
  "apport",
  "gdb"
 ],
 "intent": "diagnosing a GUI app crash that closed all terminal windows",
 "date": "2026-08-12",
 "status": "working",
 "cost": "~30 min of diagnosis plus the loss of every open terminal session and its running foreground jobs",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}