Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

clabruno · 2014-10-29 01:33:08

I am fairly new to arch and I need some help troubleshooting an issue. I have been using arch for a few months now with zero issue but this evening I encountered a problem where I am unable to log on using my one and only user account. I am running gnome 3.14 on this arch installation and when I get to the gdm log in screen and typ in my password to log into my gnome desktop it begins to log on but then kicks me back to the original log in screen. I tried a few different things to see if I can fix it myself but I lack the necessary troubleshooting skills. I am able to log on as root so I went into my pacman log file and this is the activity today since encountering the problem:

[2014-10-28 18:34] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyu'
[2014-10-28 18:34] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2014-10-28 18:34] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2014-10-28 18:34] [PACMAN] upgraded ruby (2.1.3-2 -> 2.1.4-1)
[2014-10-28 18:57] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman --color auto -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-clabruno/PKGDEST.cvw/sublime-text-dev-3.3065-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2014-10-28 18:57] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET[2014-10-28 18:57] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   ==> sublime-text-dev install/upgrade note:
[2014-10-28 18:57] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2014-10-28 18:57] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     To disable in-application reminders about new Sublime Text dev versions
,[2014-10-28 18:57] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     add the following setting to your User Preferences file:
[2014-10-28 18:57] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]     "update_check": false
[2014-10-28 18:57] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2014-10-28 18:57] [PACMAN] installed sublime-text-dev (3.3065-1)
[2014-10-28 18:57] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -R sublime-text'
[2014-10-28 18:57] [PACMAN] removed sublime-text (2.0.2-1

I tried downgrading the ruby package upgrade since that was the only package that updated when I first logged on and ran (Sudo -Syyu). The only other thing I did before the problem started was remove Sublime Text Editor 2 and installed Sublime Text Editor 3 as you can see. I then noticed some issues with my gnome desktop so I shutdown my computer and about 30 minutes later I turned my computer back on and I was faced with this issue. What I noticed was that a bunch of my gnome extensions did not load up and when I went to hit the button to bring up the desktop search there was no visibale search menu at the top like there usually is where I would type in an application name that I am searching for. Only the search icon showed up and when I tried clicking the search icon and typing an application name my list of application icons came up off centered (too the right of screen) instead of being listed right down the middle of the screen.

I am sure there is other information that will be needed which I will be more than happy to provide just please let me know what information you need or if you need me to run some commands and post outputs. Thanks.

Last edited by clabruno (2014-10-29 15:21:15)

root · 2014-10-29 03:01:48

I don't use Gnome though I presume that the content of your user's .xsession-error file might offer some clue on the issues you have experienced.
A look at your journal may also include some useful information to track down the problem. See man journalctl (plus related wiki information - it is under the systemd entry) for more input.

Additionally, remember to use the [ code ] tags when posting program output, in this case the pacman log one.

clabruno · 2014-10-29 15:39:23

Again please excuse me if I am not providing the right information but I did some researching on man journalctl and here is the output of

journalctl -b /usr/bin/gnome-session

 
-- Logs begin at Thu 2014-10-02 20:40:23 EDT, end at Wed 2014-10-29 11:30:08 EDT. --
Oct 29 09:20:18 archbox gnome-session[378]: gnome-session[378]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file caribou-autostart.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Oct 29 09:20:18 archbox gnome-session[378]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file caribou-autostart.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Oct 29 09:20:22 archbox gnome-session[378]: Entering running state
Oct 29 09:20:23 archbox gnome-session[378]: openConnection: connect: No such file or directory
Oct 29 09:20:23 archbox gnome-session[378]: cannot connect to brltty at :0
Oct 29 09:20:27 archbox gnome-session[378]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process "ibus-daemon" (No such file or directory)
Oct 29 09:20:27 archbox gnome-session[378]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: No permission to trigger offline updates: Polkit.Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed:
Oct 29 09:20:30 archbox gnome-session[378]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Wed Oct 29 2014 09:20:27 GMT-0400 (EDT)
Oct 29 09:21:05 archbox gnome-session[644]: gnome-session[644]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file caribou-autostart.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Oct 29 09:21:05 archbox gnome-session[644]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file caribou-autostart.desktop or it references a not found TryExec binary
Oct 29 09:21:05 archbox gnome-session[644]: Entering running state
Oct 29 09:21:05 archbox gnome-session[644]: openConnection: connect: No such file or directory
Oct 29 09:21:05 archbox gnome-session[644]: cannot connect to brltty at :0
Oct 29 09:21:06 archbox gnome-session[644]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Failed to launch ibus-daemon: Failed to execute child process "ibus-daemon" (No such file or directory)
Oct 29 09:21:06 archbox gnome-session[644]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: No permission to trigger offline updates: Polkit.Error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed:
Oct 29 09:21:07 archbox gnome-session[644]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Wed Oct 29 2014 09:21:06 GMT-0400 (EDT)
Oct 29 09:21:21 archbox gnome-session[644]: Gjs-Message: JS LOG: Ignored exception from dbus method: Gio.DBusError: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: Th
Oct 29 09:21:27 archbox gnome-session[644]: ** (gnome-settings-daemon:665): WARNING **: Name taken or bus went away - shutting down
Oct 29 09:21:27 archbox gnome-session[644]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-erro
Oct 29 09:21:27 archbox gnome-session[644]: g_dbus_connection_real_closed: Remote peer vanished with error: Underlying GIOStream returned 0 bytes on an async read (g-io-erro
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clabruno · 2014-10-29 16:09:31

[root@archbox ~]# journalctl -b -u gdm

-- Logs begin at Thu 2014-10-02 20:40:23 EDT, end at Wed 2014-10-29 12:06:40 EDT. --
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: X.Org X Server 1.16.1
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Release Date: 2014-09-21
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.1-1-ARCH x86_64
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Current Operating System: Linux archbox 3.17.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 15 15:04:35 CEST 2014 x86_64
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=ad4f602a-b4ca-4383-9164-de899bd6f9a8 rw quiet
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Build Date: 21 September 2014  10:53:13AM
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: to make sure that you have the latest version.
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (++) Log file: "/dev/null", Time: Wed Oct 29 09:20:10 2014
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
Oct 29 09:20:10 archbox gdm-Xorg-:0[256]: (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".

ooo · 2014-10-29 17:09:56

That actually looks quite odd. Looks like you were missing some binaries that should be there unless you had done something very odd.
could you try

ls /usr/lib/caribou/caribou

just for fun

clabruno · 2014-10-30 13:47:37

The output of:

ls /usr/lib/caribou/caribou

was just:

/usr/lib/caribou/caribou*

After doing some reading around I am for now able to get into gnome as my user by pressing ctrl+alt+F3 and then typing startx but I still can't log in normally through gdm. Any suggestions?

clabruno · 2014-11-05 02:49:00

Does anyone know what is wrong? Everytime I log on now I have to hit ctrl+Alt+F3 from the logon screen and then login from there and type startx? How do I fix this issue so I can just log in normally?

Jauch · 2014-11-15 21:42:48

Hello clabruno,

I was having a very similar problem (same kind of error).
My home was with the wrong permissions (and owner)

A 'sudo chown -R {myuser}:users /home' set things right.

Maybe this can help you?

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#1 2014-10-29 01:33:08

Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

#2 2014-10-29 03:01:48

Re: Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

#3 2014-10-29 15:39:23

Re: Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

#4 2014-10-29 16:09:31

Re: Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

#5 2014-10-29 17:09:56

Re: Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

#6 2014-10-30 13:47:37

Re: Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

#7 2014-11-05 02:49:00

Re: Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

#8 2014-11-15 21:42:48

Re: Unable to log in as user gnome 3.14

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