Gnome-shell 3.10.2 + gdm: interface broken. Restart with "r" fixes it

martin_legion · 2014-03-09 21:34:13

Hello forum

I have a fresh install of Arch with Gnome-shell and GDM, and after logging in for the first time, the Gnome-shell interface appears broken. See the screenshots below:

The desktop
http://imgur.com/RWJROK3

and when clicking the top right tray icons, the menu appears broken, and no text is shown.
http://imgur.com/haVXdhD

If I do Alt+F2 and run "r" to restart Gnome-shell, everything gets back to normal. Even if I log off and on again, everything stays running ok.

I have a DELL XPS, and I have bumblebee (+bbswitch) installed, using the intel+nvidia drivers, as instructed in the Arch Wiki.

Any clues on how to debug this? It's a (minor) headache having to 'r' on every first login boot.

Thanks!!

UPDATE: It doesn't happen on EVERY first boot. I just rebooted and it didn't happen, but earlier today it happened 2 times. I'll keep trying to narrow it down to see what might be causing this.

Last edited by martin_legion (2014-03-09 21:37:50)

brittyazel · 2014-03-10 01:22:37

Yep it happened with the update for the 3.13 kernel. Maybe there is a issue with the latest kernel release and gnome-shell. I have the same identical issue, and so do others (there has been more than one thread about this), all seemingly with different video or system hardware...I haven't found the connection yet besides the 3.13 kernel...

brittyazel · 2014-03-10 01:30:46

links to similar threads:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p1390561

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

Last edited by brittyazel (2014-03-10 01:32:50)

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#1 2014-03-09 21:34:13

Gnome-shell 3.10.2 + gdm: interface broken. Restart with "r" fixes it

#2 2014-03-10 01:22:37

Re: Gnome-shell 3.10.2 + gdm: interface broken. Restart with "r" fixes it

#3 2014-03-10 01:30:46

Re: Gnome-shell 3.10.2 + gdm: interface broken. Restart with "r" fixes it

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