Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

blackout23 · 2012-04-12 15:41:10

Hello,

I just rebooted my laptop after a few weeks for the first time. I installed
numerous updates during that time.

When gdm loads it crashes and I get the "We encountered an error" picture
with the sad computer smily. I tired booting into runlevel 3 and used startx but I
ended up with the same problem. Disabeling both Gnome Shell Extersions
didn't work.

Where exactly is the log for Gnome-Shell and all that so that I can post it here?

I quickly installed basic xfce4 which works fine so the graphics driver which
was updated seems to work ok.

Regards,

blackout23

Last edited by blackout23 (2012-05-04 10:30:33)

kjell · 2012-04-12 16:36:17

check /var/log/Xorg.0.log and ~/.xsession.errors.

blackout23 · 2012-04-12 21:17:32

This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.
It is not supported in any way.
Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.
Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.
Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the
latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.
See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.

X.Org X Server 1.12.0.902 (1.12.1 RC 2)
Release Date: 2012-04-09
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.3.1-1-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux archhost 3.3.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 3 14:43:38 UTC 2012 i686
Kernel command line: initrd=/initramfs-linux.img vga=773 init=/bin/systemd elevator=deadline root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/e002244a-9bc9-4641-b98f-3a30f2e23c1b rootflags=,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered rootfstype=ext4  ro 3 BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux 
Build Date: 10 April 2012  03:53:47PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Apr 12 23:03:18 2012
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
gnome-session[425]: EggSMClient-WARNING: Desktop file '/home/tim/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop' has malformed Icon key 'dropbox.png'(should not include extension)
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-tips-autostart.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-tips-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfconf-migration-4.6.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfconf-migration-4.6.desktop
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=451
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh/ssh
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh/ssh
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/tmp/keyring-yefwDh/gpg:0:1
=== auto configure Configuration ===
  Clone: false
  Output: Unbekannt attached to default
     status: on
     width: 1280
     height: 800
     rate: 50
     primary: false
     position: 0 0
=== Applying Configuration Configuration ===
  Clone: false
  Output: Unbekannt attached to default
     status: on
     width: 1280
     height: 800
     rate: 50
     primary: true
     position: 0 0
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {4b708eed59e5d87e14672be2000000ed}unix:/home/tim/.pulse/4b708eed59e5d87e14672be2000000ed-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper.
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Compat map for group 2 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 3 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 4 redefined
>                   Using new definition
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

MCS->Xfconf settings migration complete

** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
sh: cower: Kommando nicht gefunden.

(gnome-settings-daemon:448): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output
(gnome-shell:525): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:310: Setting primary store IDs to defaults.
(gnome-shell:525): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:338: Primary store IDs are 'eds' and 'system'.
      JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Thu Apr 12 2012 23:03:25 GMT+0200 (CEST)

(gnome-shell:525): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_client_new: Cannot get book from factory: Invalid source

(gnome-shell:525): folks-WARNING **: Failed to find primary PersonaStore with type ID 'eds' and ID 'system'.
Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between Personas will not work.
The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If you are unsure, check with your distribution.

(gnome-shell:525): folks-WARNING **: Fehler beim Vorbereiten des Personenspeichers »eds:1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000«: Adressbuch »1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Invalid source
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
Fensterverwalter-Warnung:CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct.
Fensterverwalter-Warnung:Got a request to focus the no_focus_window with a timestamp of 0.  This shouldn't happen!
gnome-shell-calendar-server[607]: Got HUP on stdin - exiting
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Compat map for group 2 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 3 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 4 redefined
>                   Using new definition
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(gnome-shell:669): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:310: Setting primary store IDs to defaults.
(gnome-shell:669): folks-DEBUG: individual-aggregator.vala:338: Primary store IDs are 'eds' and 'system'.
      JS LOG: GNOME Shell started at Thu Apr 12 2012 23:03:28 GMT+0200 (CEST)
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area

(gnome-shell:669): libebook-WARNING **: e_book_client_new: Cannot get book from factory: Invalid source

(gnome-shell:669): folks-WARNING **: Failed to find primary PersonaStore with type ID 'eds' and ID 'system'.
Individuals will not be linked properly and creating new links between Personas will not work.
The configured primary PersonaStore's backend may not be installed. If you are unsure, check with your distribution.

(gnome-shell:669): folks-WARNING **: Fehler beim Vorbereiten des Personenspeichers »eds:1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000«: Adressbuch »1295725027.5764.22@tim-HP-Pavilion-dv6000« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Invalid source

(gnome-shell:669): folks-WARNING **: Fehler beim Vorbereiten des Personenspeichers »eds:1330645118.2631.0@archhost«: Adressbuch »1330645118.2631.0@archhost« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: Cannot open book: Cannot process, book backend is opening

(dropbox:540): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_thaw_toplevel_updates_libgtk_only: assertion `private->update_and_descendants_freeze_count > 0' failed
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal
gnome-session[425]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly
gnome-shell-calendar-server[694]: Got HUP on stdin - exiting
** (process:518): DEBUG: Exiting gsd-printer

(gnome-settings-daemon:448): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
[1334264602,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] 	The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application
xinit: connection to X server lost

waiting for X server to shut down Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

Someone on IRC told me that it has to do with my Addressbook on Evolution. We tried some things with gconf-editor (deleting sources) and primary addressbook but that didn't help

oboedad55 · 2012-04-12 21:22:29

blackout23 wrote:

Hello,
I just rebooted my laptop after a few weeks for the first time. I installed
numerous updates during that time.
When gdm loads it crashes and I get the "We encountered an error" picture
with the sad computer smily. I tired booting into runlevel 3 and used startx but I
ended up with the same problem. Disabeling both Gnome Shell Extersions
didn't work.
Where exactly is the log for Gnome-Shell and all that so that I can post it here?
I quickly installed basic xfce4 which works fine so the graphics driver which
was updated seems to work ok.
Regards,
blackout23

Is it perhaps this; https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29408

I can login to Gnome but can't shutdown/reboot. KDE throws a consolekit error but works OK anyway. I'm gonna try downgrading consolekit.

blackout23 · 2012-04-13 00:03:04

I just fixed it.

Downgraded from nvidia 294.40 -> nvidia 295.33-1 since I did not have nvidia-utils 295.33-2 for nvidia 295.33-2. Had to downgrad Linux 3.3 -> Linux 3.2.14 for this.
Now everything works. It seems that the latest driver is bugged.

With 294.40 I managed to start a fallback session via startx. But when I booted into gdm directly it crashed.

Last edited by blackout23 (2012-04-13 00:05:10)

blackout23 · 2012-05-02 00:15:05

Could someone help me out with this?
This is annoying as piss. For weeks I can't do a full system update, because
the newest nvidia drivers make my Gnome Crash. This also means I'm stuck
with linux-3.2.14.

When Laptop boots into X11 and GDM -> Crash after a few seconds. I get to see
the background and mouse cursor only. "An error occured. Blabla.." Logout User.
When I start x with exec gnome-session the same thing. This is the output.

startx 2>error.log

X.Org X Server 1.12.1
Release Date: 2012-04-13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.3.1-1-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux archhost 3.3.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 28 06:04:27 UTC 2012 i686
Kernel command line: initrd=/initramfs-linux.img vga=773 init=/bin/systemd elevator=deadline root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/e002244a-9bc9-4641-b98f-3a30f2e23c1b rootflags=,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered rootfstype=ext4  ro 3 BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux 
Build Date: 14 April 2012  07:32:51AM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed May  2 01:51:18 2012
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
gnome-session[769]: EggSMClient-WARNING: Desktop file '/home/tim/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop' has malformed Icon key 'dropbox.png'(should not include extension)
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-tips-autostart.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-tips-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfce4-settings-helper-autostart.desktop
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: Could not parse desktop file /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfconf-migration-4.6.desktop: Die Schlüsselwertedatei enthält nicht den Schlüssel »Name«
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: could not read /home/tim/.config/autostart/xfconf-migration-4.6.desktop
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc/gpg:0:1
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=785
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc/gpg:0:1
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc/gpg:0:1
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc/gpg:0:1
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/tim/keyring-GIj3Zc/ssh
=== xinerama setup Configuration ===
  Clone: false
  Output: Unbekannt attached to default
     status: on
     width: 1280
     height: 800
     rate: 50
     primary: false
     position: 0 0
=== auto-configure - xinerama mode Configuration ===
  Clone: false
  Output: Unbekannt attached to default
     status: on
     width: 1280
     height: 800
     rate: 50
     primary: false
     position: 0 0
=== Applying Configuration Configuration ===
  Clone: false
  Output: Unbekannt attached to default
     status: on
     width: 1280
     height: 800
     rate: 50
     primary: true
     position: 0 0

(gnome-settings-daemon:793): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output

(gnome-settings-daemon:793): color-plugin-WARNING **: unable to get EDID for xrandr-default: unable to get EDID for output

(gnome-settings-daemon:793): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to reset xrandr-default gamma tables: gamma size is zero

(gnome-settings-daemon:793): color-plugin-WARNING **: unable to get EDID for xrandr-default: unable to get EDID for output

(gnome-settings-daemon:793): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to reset xrandr-default gamma tables: gamma size is zero
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: User-configured server at {4b708eed59e5d87e14672be2000000ed}unix:/home/tim/.pulse/4b708eed59e5d87e14672be2000000ed-runtime/native, which appears to be local. Probing deeper.

** (gsynaptics-init:817): WARNING **: Using synclient
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Compat map for group 2 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 3 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 4 redefined
>                   Using new definition
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
Fensterverwalter-Warnung:CurrentTime used to choose focus window; focus window may not be correct.
Fensterverwalter-Warnung:Got a request to focus the no_focus_window with a timestamp of 0.  This shouldn't happen!
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 11
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Compat map for group 2 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 3 redefined
>                   Using new definition
> Warning:          Compat map for group 4 redefined
>                   Using new definition
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal 11
gnome-session[769]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly

(gnome-settings-daemon:793): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(gnome-settings-daemon:793): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
[1335916280,000,xklavier.c:xkl_engine_start_listen/] 	The backend does not require manual layout management - but it is provided by the application
xinit: connection to X server lost

waiting for X server to shut down Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

blackout23 · 2012-05-04 10:33:51

Just wanted to say that the newest nvidia driver finally fixed it.

And HOLY SHIT is linux fast now. I'm using systemd and it takes maybe 4 seconds to GDM now after
I selected my boot entry in syslinux. I'm using a Crucial M4 SSD and it was always really fast but now it is even faster.
Must be due to the new Kernel I guess.

Last edited by blackout23 (2012-05-04 10:35:48)

davison · 2012-05-05 09:21:59

yes, I upgraded to 295.49-1 this morning and gnome-shell is not crashing/segfaulting or grinding to a halt

Arch Linux

#1 2012-04-12 15:41:10

Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

#2 2012-04-12 16:36:17

Re: Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

#3 2012-04-12 21:17:32

Re: Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

#4 2012-04-12 21:22:29

Re: Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

#5 2012-04-13 00:03:04

Re: Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

#6 2012-05-02 00:15:05

Re: Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

#7 2012-05-04 10:33:51

Re: Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

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Re: Gnome 3 crashes on startup [Solved]

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