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Say that after modifying some stuff in the gnome shell i want to restart the gnome desktop. What I'd do normally is press Alt+F2 to restart it, but i want to automate it in a script that installs stuff and then reloads the desktop. I've found that the equivalent is gnome-shell -r but whenever I run it my desktop crashes and I'm forced to log out. Alt+F2 runs with no problems. What's going on and is it correct that the command stated above is the equivalent to Alt+F2? If so why is it not working propery, when alt+f2 does never cause a crash?

DuckHunterZx
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Try this:

sudo killall -HUP gnome-shell
kyodake
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    The answers on the duplicate target nowhere mentioned Signal Hang UP and IMO this is a good answer. Would you like to post there? – Kulfy Sep 06 '20 at 08:28