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Howdy,

Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com> skribis:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
>
>> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>> I removed pretty both .cache directories, moved .config sub-directories
>>> around, etc., and yet I am still unable to log in into the GNOME account
>>> (logging in to a non-GNOME account from GDM is fine.)
>>>
>>> I even tried upgrading the user=E2=80=99s profile just in case is conta=
ined
>>> incompatible schemas or who knows what, but that didn=E2=80=99t help.
>>>
>>> What extra bit of state am I missing?
>>
>> Do you have ~/.local?  In my earlier tests this contained binary
>> notification data that when loaded would lead to a crash.
>
> I=E2=80=99m testing GNOME on =E2=80=98staging=E2=80=99 now, and had the s=
ame problem (GDM worked
> okay, but I could not login).  I fixed it by deleting
> =E2=80=9C~/.local/share/gnome-shell/notifications=E2=80=9D.  I left every=
thing else in
> my home directory as it was.

That=E2=80=99s the one!  I moved ~/.local/share/gnome-shell out of the way =
and
after that I could log in.  \o/

~/.local/share/gnome-shell contained a single file, =E2=80=9Capplication_st=
ate=E2=80=9D.
It=E2=80=99s an XML file that looks exactly like the one created by the new=
er
GNOME: same schema, same attributes, etc.

The weird thing: if after successfully logging in, I log out, move the
old ~/.local/share/gnome-shell into place, and log in again, it works.

Perhaps the mere presence of ~/.local/share/gnome-shell causes it to
take a different path?

Thoughts?

Thank you!

Ludo=E2=80=99.