From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: GNOME 3.30: help needed! Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 20:42:03 +0100 Message-ID: <87a7k962k4.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87ftu8u9r9.fsf@elephly.net> <871s5omzjd.fsf@elephly.net> <87pnt5ly89.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40433) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ghJkC-0006gE-Uo for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:42:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ghJkB-0004AC-S3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:42:28 -0500 Received: from sender-of-o53.zoho.com ([135.84.80.218]:21731) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ghJkB-00046t-C2 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:42:27 -0500 In-reply-to: <87pnt5ly89.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Rene Cc: "guix-devel@gnu.org" Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Hi Rene, > >> I attach the configuration file. > > Thanks. > >>> I rebase wip-gnome3.30 on top of the master branch and reconfigured, but >>> I cannot get GNOME to start. I deleted the slim-service-type and added >>> (gdm-service) to my configuration. >>> >>> I moved ~/.xsession out of the way, but after logging in GNOME still >>> won=E2=80=99t start. Could you share your configuration file that you u= sed to >>> successfully start GNOME 3.30? >>> >> >> * I use wip-gnome3.30 branch and then apply the mentioned patches!. >> * I do not use the .xsession file. >> * After testing and reconfiguring my system several times some files in = `/var/lib` were outdated; and renamed '/var/lib` and then reconfigured my s= ystem. > > I removed ~/.cache and ~/.config/gnome*, and I moved .xsession out of > the way, but I still cannot start GNOME. GDM comes up fine, but after > inputing my credentials the mouse cursor skips to the bottom right > corner and then I=E2=80=99m thrown back into the GDM login screen. > > There is nothing relevant in /var/lib, I think. > > I=E2=80=99ve also tried to do this in a VM, but everything is terribly sl= ow, so > I can=E2=80=99t get past the GDM login screen. > > I=E2=80=99d be happy if other people could test this, too. If you have > suggestions on how I could debug this, please do let me know. Success! GNOME 3.30 works just fine. The gnome-shell segfaulted(!) because of stale state in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell. I think that=E2=80= =99s terrible behaviour, but what can you do=E2=80=A6 We should announce this breaking change when the wip-gnome3.30 gets merged. -- Ricardo