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franz1789

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Registered: 2008-04-22

Posts: 56

[solved] gnome-shell --replace won't work

If I run gnome-shell --replace I receive this:

gnome-shell --replace
Failed to start shell
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 772, in <module>
    normal_exit = run_shell()
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 324, in run_shell
    shell = start_shell(perf_output=perf_output)
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 272, in start_shell
    (server_glx_extensions, client_glx_extensions, glx_extensions) = _get_glx_extensions()
  File "/usr/bin/gnome-shell", line 193, in _get_glx_extensions
    glxinfo = subprocess.Popen(["glxinfo"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 672, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1201, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Cannot register the panel shell: there is already one running.

I googled and found it could be a gir-repository related problem, but gir-repository-git does not compile and it is said that's not used anymore... what should I do?

Last edited by franz1789 (2010-10-27 18:12:53)

franz1789

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Registered: 2008-04-22

Posts: 56

Re: [solved] gnome-shell --replace won't work

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ise

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Re: [solved] gnome-shell --replace won't work

Don't know if this helps, but it looks for "glxinfo". glxinfo is located in the package "mesa".
If you use testing repository, it's located in the package "mesa-demos".

Try to install one of those packages and try again.

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franz1789

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Registered: 2008-04-22

Posts: 56

Re: [solved] gnome-shell --replace won't work

Don't know if this helps, but it looks for "glxinfo". glxinfo is located in the package "mesa".
If you use testing repository, it's located in the package "mesa-demos".

Try to install one of those packages and try again.

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