GNOME messed up after system upgrade

jdbrown · 2014-03-06 02:59:05

My Gnome desktop got messed up today after a system upgrade. After login, all the things seems to become square-shaped and misplaced (like this)

I tried to downgrade some package that may be relevant, but none works. After upgrading them back again, I (accidentally) found that everything will become back to normal if I relaunch Gnome Shell (Alt+F2 then r).

Any ideas about what's the problem?

The following is the list of the packages that got updated for your reference

[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (208-11 -> 210-2)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded libpulse (4.0-6 -> 5.0-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (33.0.1750.117-1 -> 33.0.1750.146-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium-libpdf (1:33.0.1750.117-1 -> 1:33.0.1750.146-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium-pepper-flash (12.0.0.70-2 -> 12.0.0.70-3)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded glibc (2.19-2 -> 2.19-3)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.105-1 -> 2.02.105-2)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded cryptsetup (1.6.3-2 -> 1.6.4-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded efivar (0.7-1 -> 0.7-2)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded efibootmgr (0.6.0.138.1132342-1 -> 0.6.1.29.gf4e29e4-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded readline (6.2.004-2 -> 6.3-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded gnutls (3.2.11-1 -> 3.2.12.1-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded ffmpeg (1:2.1.3-1 -> 1:2.1.4-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded gcr (3.10.1-2 -> 3.10.1-3)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded gdk-pixbuf2 (2.30.5-1 -> 2.30.6-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded grep (2.16-1 -> 2.18-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-glibc (2.19-1 -> 2.19-3)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-nvidia-utils (331.38-1 -> 334.21-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-systemd (208-2 -> 210-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded libmariadbclient (5.5.35-1 -> 5.5.36-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded libnewt (0.52.16-2 -> 0.52.17-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded libtirpc (0.2.3-2 -> 0.2.4-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded libwbclient (4.1.4-1 -> 4.1.5-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.105-1 -> 2.02.105-2)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded man-pages (3.60-1 -> 3.61-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded ntfs-3g (2013.1.13-4 -> 2014.2.15-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded nvidia-utils (331.38-1 -> 334.21-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded nvidia (331.38-3 -> 334.21-2)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded opencl-nvidia (331.38-1 -> 334.21-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded parted (3.1-3 -> 3.1-4)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded pidgin-lwqq (0.2c.20140221-1 -> 0.2d.20140304-1)
[2014-03-06 09:50] [PACMAN] upgraded ppp (2.4.6-1 -> 2.4.6-2)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded pulseaudio (4.0-6 -> 5.0-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded python-lxml (3.3.0-1 -> 3.3.1-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded python2 (2.7.6-2 -> 2.7.6-3)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-lxml (3.3.0-1 -> 3.3.1-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded raptor (2.0.12-1 -> 2.0.13-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded rasqal (1:0.9.30-4 -> 1:0.9.32-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded s-nail (14.6-1 -> 14.6.1-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded smbclient (4.1.4-1 -> 4.1.5-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded samba (4.1.4-1 -> 4.1.5-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded smpeg (0.4.4-7 -> 0.4.5-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (208-11 -> 210-2)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded telepathy-glib (0.22.0-1 -> 0.22.1-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded telepathy-mission-control (5.16.0-1.5 -> 5.16.1-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded virtuoso-base (1:6.1.7-2 -> 1:6.1.8-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded webkitgtk (2.2.5-1 -> 2.2.5-2)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded wireshark-cli (1.10.5-3 -> 1.10.5-4)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded wireshark-gtk (1.10.5-3 -> 1.10.5-4)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded wpa_supplicant (2.0-4 -> 2.1-3)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded xterm (301-1 -> 302-1)
[2014-03-06 09:51] [PACMAN] upgraded yelp (3.10.1-2 -> 3.10.2-1)

Edited: thanks karol

Last edited by jdbrown (2014-03-22 13:44:09)

karol · 2014-03-06 03:35:30

When posting configs, code or command output, please use [ code ] tags, not [ quote ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

like this

rusty725 · 2014-03-06 04:40:58

downgrade your nvidia

$ cd /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
$ sudo pacman -U nvidia-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz nvidia-libgl-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz nvidia-utils-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz opencl-nvidia-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz lib32-nvidia-utils-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz lib32-nvidia-libgl-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

jdbrown · 2014-03-06 07:58:58

rusty725 wrote:

downgrade your nvidia

$ cd /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
$ sudo pacman -U nvidia-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz nvidia-libgl-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz nvidia-utils-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz opencl-nvidia-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz lib32-nvidia-utils-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz lib32-nvidia-libgl-331.49-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

Actually my computer is a Optimus laptop, and I'm using bumblebee. (So only the Intel card is used, I think)

I tried downgrading nvidia packages to 331.49 and reboot, but that didn't seem to help.

chetwisniewski · 2014-03-06 17:15:27

I have this problem as well and am also using an Optimus laptop, but I am using the NVidia chip to connect an HDMI monitor.. Strange?

hrkristian · 2014-03-06 17:37:43

Same issue here, downgrading nvidia from 334->331 was the most logical solution looking at my pacman log, but it had no effect, for what it's worth I don't have Optimus.

Anyone else noticing the shell is just... lacking stuff?
Installed programs are no longer indexed, entering text in the Overview results in web search, files, contacts, and sub-categories of settings (but not gnome-control-center.)

Spider.007 · 2014-03-06 17:41:37

I have the same issue; but it can be fixed by alt+f2 > r (to reload the shell). Unfortunately it is broken again after a reboot. This is not caused by nvidia, I use intel_drv

I found https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=178088 and tried that but that didn't fix it for me

Last edited by Spider.007 (2014-03-06 17:48:12)

kroppian · 2014-03-06 18:00:45

I'm having the same issues and I have Intel graphics as well. I found toggling the aspect ratio in the settings menu fixes it for that instance.

hrkristian · 2014-03-06 18:01:59

Thanks a bunch, 007, I'll feel dirty for doing it but running it on a sleep timer at login will have to do for now.

jdbrown · 2014-03-07 08:05:59

Spider.007 wrote:

I have the same issue; but it can be fixed by alt+f2 > r (to reload the shell). Unfortunately it is broken again after a reboot. This is not caused by nvidia, I use intel_drv
I found https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=178088 and tried that but that didn't fix it for me

That didn't fix it for me, either. Only alt+f2 > r can help. But relaunching shell every time upon startup is somewhat annoying.

The interesting thing here is that the problem happens after the upgrade but I can't find which of the package actually cause it. I tried downgrading nvidia, webkitgtk, even systemd, none of these fixed it and the other packages all seem irrelevant.

Last edited by jdbrown (2014-03-07 11:34:31)

linboruxis · 2014-03-07 16:13:42

I had the same problem, but after last update everything works fine...

gnunn · 2014-03-07 18:18:00

Same issue for me and I have everything up to date. I tried the scale fix in dconf-editor linked in this thread and it made no difference.

SilverOne · 2014-03-08 00:05:57

This has been happening to me too, but in my case it happens once every three or four boots. Usually i just reboot to fix it but it's still annoying.

barraponto · 2014-03-08 18:20:13

I've got the same issue here, reloading gnome (alt+f2, then r) makes issues go away.
But I also feel that suspending is not working as it used to.
Using a Lenovo Thinkpad T530.

brittyazel · 2014-03-10 01:26:00

This issue is reported ALL over the forums. It seemingly has nothing to do with specific graphical hardware/drivers. I have it with an AMD radeon 6950 with open sourced drivers, others have it with Nvidia, and others with Intel. I can only attribute it to the linux 3.13 driver, as it happened immediately following the upgrade. Though there were other packages that came during that update. A simple Alt+F2 and "r" fixes for the single session however.

brittyazel · 2014-03-10 01:30:13

Links to similar threads:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=178278

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=177973

Last edited by brittyazel (2014-03-10 01:33:15)

jdbrown · 2014-03-10 05:20:24

Actually a bug report about this have been in the Arch Bug Tracker for more than two weeks (FS#39036). But it hasn't been fixed and more and more people become affected because of upgrading. Even the cause seems unclear.

mjb · 2014-03-10 07:46:10

I have the same problem on my Toshiba Satellite with Radeon chipset. The problem first occured after updating gnome-shell, mutter, and mutter-wayland 3.10.4-1 on 2014-02-22.

Changing the resolution and reverting to the original resolution fixes the problem, as does alt+f2 "r". In both cases the problems reappear after reboot.

Last edited by mjb (2014-03-10 07:46:57)

smsware · 2014-03-10 10:23:42

Had the same thing going on, installed another DE (actually - a lot of them: Mate, Cinnamon, Pantheon, Deepin, Enlightenment... just to test around as I had unusable Gnome) and after two days I logged back to Gnome 3 (it was set up to be default and it was mistake to run it again) and now everything's fine. My thoughts: try to run Gnome as some other user (just create some extra, fresh one) to check if it's home confiuguration's fault (a lot of Gnome-related files in /home are hard to find and delete), reinstall Gnome before that... anyway - Gnome CAN work well on fully updated system right now as it's working on mine and didn't. Only package that is different it plank from AUR for Pantheon so you can test it too.

jdbrown · 2014-03-12 13:21:40

I'm keeping everything up to date but unfortunately nothing changed. I even created a new user and the layout is still broken if I log in as that user directly after boot.

I've downgraded gnome-shell to 3.10.2.1 and everything works fine now. Still wondering where the problem is.

hrkristian · 2014-03-12 13:33:07

For anyone interested in automating a "fix", open gnome-session-properties and add this entry

bash -c "sleep 10 && gnome-shell --replace"

Last edited by hrkristian (2014-03-12 13:36:46)

jdbrown · 2014-03-14 08:15:37

Good news! This is a gnome bug and has been fixed in git. I've built a package with this patch and it works. So we can wait for the next release in which this issue will be addressed.

brad · 2014-03-14 14:34:51

I hope they do a minor release for this soon. Alt-F2 + r does not fix this for me :-/

Spider.007 · 2014-03-14 15:06:22

Great. Should we convince the archlinux pkg maintainers to release a new build which includes this patch?

brad · 2014-03-14 15:24:17

I just noticed the downgrade solution posted by jdbrown. Works for me, thanks!

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