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lardon

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 268

[Solved] Gnome can't log in on first attempt

Hi all,

When I log on to Gnome from GDM, the first attempt gives me the "Oh no, something has gone wrong" screen. The second attempt works.
I've tried the various things suggested in the relevant forum threads (notably fixing the locale with localectl and reinstalling gdk2-pixbuf), to no avail.

Here is what I think is the relevant part of the logs:

Jun 29 12:10:36 mouton gnome-session[598]: (gnome-settings-daemon:643): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to obtain org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile auth
Jun 29 12:10:36 mouton gnome-session[598]: (gnome-settings-daemon:643): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to obtain org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile auth
Jun 29 12:10:36 mouton gnome-session[598]: (gnome-settings-daemon:643): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to obtain org.freedesktop.color-manager.create-profile auth
Jun 29 12:10:37 mouton gdm-Xorg-:0[321]: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
Jun 29 12:10:37 mouton gdm-Xorg-:0[321]: > Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
Jun 29 12:10:37 mouton gdm-Xorg-:0[321]: >                   Ignoring extra symbols
Jun 29 12:10:37 mouton gdm-Xorg-:0[321]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: (gnome-shell:686): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Error: Argument 'string' (type utf8) may not be null
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: _pack_variant@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:104
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: _pack_variant@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:151
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: @resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:261
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: _proxyInvoker@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:78
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: _makeProxyMethod/<@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:124
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: LoginManagerSystemd<.getCurrentSessionProxy@resource:///org/gnome/shell/misc/loginManager.js:149
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: ScreenShield<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/screenShield.js:560
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:110
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:204
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: _initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:166
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:117
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: @<main>:1
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: Window manager warning: Log level 32: Execution of main.js threw exception: JS_EvaluateScript() failed
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Jun 29 12:10:38 mouton gnome-session[598]: gnome-session[598]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: (gnome-shell:703): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Error: Argument 'string' (type utf8) may not be null
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: _pack_variant@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:104
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: _pack_variant@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:151
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: @resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:261
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: _proxyInvoker@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:78
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: _makeProxyMethod/<@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:124
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: LoginManagerSystemd<.getCurrentSessionProxy@resource:///org/gnome/shell/misc/loginManager.js:149
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: ScreenShield<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/screenShield.js:560
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:110
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:204
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: _initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:166
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:117
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: @<main>:1
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: Window manager warning: Log level 32: Execution of main.js threw exception: JS_EvaluateScript() failed
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: gnome-session[598]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: gnome-session[598]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
Jun 29 12:10:39 mouton gnome-session[598]: Unrecoverable failure in required component gnome-shell.desktop

Any ideas?

Last edited by lardon (2014-10-24 13:06:40)

jose1711

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Registered: 2006-07-08

Posts: 147

Re: [Solved] Gnome can't log in on first attempt

sorry, no idea. having the same problem here:

okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gdm-Xorg-:0[715]: Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: (gnome-shell:3528): Gjs-WARNING **: JS ERROR: Error: Argument 'string' (type utf8) may not be null
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: _pack_variant@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:104
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: _pack_variant@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:151
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: @resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/GLib.js:261
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: _proxyInvoker@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:78
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: _makeProxyMethod/<@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/overrides/Gio.js:124
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: LoginManagerSystemd<.getCurrentSessionProxy@resource:///org/gnome/shell/misc/loginManager.js:149
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: ScreenShield<._init@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/screenShield.js:560
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:169
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: _Base.prototype._construct@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:110
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: Class.prototype._construct/newClass@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/lang.js:204
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: _initializeUI@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:166
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: start@resource:///org/gnome/shell/ui/main.js:117
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: @<main>:1
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: Window manager warning: Log level 32: Execution of main.js threw exception: JS_EvaluateScript() failed
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: gnome-session[3379]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 1
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' exited with code 1
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: gnome-session[3379]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
okt 03 17:42:45 olivia gnome-session[3379]: Unrecoverable failure in required component gnome-shell.desktop

systemctl restart gdm helps. nvidia 750ti & 3 monitor-setup.

jose1711

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Registered: 2006-07-08

Posts: 147

Re: [Solved] Gnome can't log in on first attempt

still the same, even after gnome upgrade

lardon

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 268

Re: [Solved] Gnome can't log in on first attempt

This should be solved with kernel 3.17. Otherwise installing the lts kernel should fix the issue.

See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=185821

jose1711

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Registered: 2006-07-08

Posts: 147

Re: [Solved] Gnome can't log in on first attempt

just got the same error with Linux olivia 3.17.1-1-pae

jose1711

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Registered: 2006-07-08

Posts: 147

Re: [Solved] Gnome can't log in on first attempt

so far i haven't seen this error since switching from gdm to lightdm