Bug#646215: gnome-shell doesn't seem to start

[Michael Biebl]

Am 22.10.2011 12:18, schrieb Anthony Bourguignon:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.0.2-5
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Hello,
> 
> After a dist-upgrade on my sid yesterday (sadly, I don't remember which packages), gnome-shell doesn't seem to start anymore. I log in throught gdm3. The prompt disappears and then nothing happens. I'm just stucked with the background image, nothing else.
> 
> If I wait for a little while, the gnome "Ooops" message shows.
> 
> I've got the following warning in /var/log/syslog files :
> Oct 22 12:02:11 jen x-session-manager[1133]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' failed to register before timeout
> Oct 22 12:02:41 jen x-session-manager[1133]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' failed to register before timeout

Do you use gdm3 or any other kind of display manager?
Is the problem reproducible after a reboot or with a fresh user account?
Could you attach your ~/.xsession-errors after a failed login attempt
(you probably need to switch to CTRL+ALT+F1 and make a copy before you
login again with some other WM, as it will be overwritten).
Running gnome-session with "--debug" would be helpful, too. This will
log much more details to ~/.xsession-errors.




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