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  1. Bug #977804
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 977804

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Bert Voegele (bertvoegele-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: Unity crashes when many windows are opened

This error ("intel_do_flush_locked failed: No space left on device") does also affect Gnome Shell users with said Intel Graphics. Gnome Shell dies upon this and no keystrokes are forwarded to applications, although mouse and application menus do work. This happens with on a single monitor with approx. 10 to 15 applications/windows open on multiple workspaces (usually 3 or 4).

Workarounds / Quickfix / Rescue:
* sudo gdm restart (from a TTY)
* gnome-shell --replace -d :0

The second workaround keeps the running applications.