# Git gui freeze on ubuntu 18.04

1 messages from 2020-05-28 to 2020-05-28. Participants: Peter Jensen.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/53574

## Peter Jensen, 2020-05-28 21:05

Subject: Git gui freeze on ubuntu 18.04
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git gui often freezes on Ubuntu 18.04. I can reproduce the problem by
launching the gui several times. If I press the "ctrl" key then the
gui becomes visible.

Collected information.

uname -a
Linux optiplex 5.3.0-53-generic #47~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 7
13:10:50 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

env | grep -i git
GIT_EDITOR=nano

# Strace up to freeze.
sudo strace -p 568
strace: Process 568 attached
wait4(572,

#Verbose output does not provide more information
sudo strace -v -p 1991
strace: Process 1991 attached
wait4(2003,

Peter

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