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wilberfan

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From: So. Cal

Registered: 2010-12-18

Posts: 264

gnome-shell fails because of missing "gnome-settins-daemon" [sic]?

I'm getting that annoying "Oh no!" screen when I try and log into gnome 3. 

This:  journalctl -b | grep gnome
reveals:

Jan 20 14:47:47 arch64 gnome-session[398]: gnome-session[398]: WARNING: Unable to find required component 'gnome-settins-daemon'
Jan 20 14:47:47 arch64 gnome-session[398]: WARNING: Unable to find required component 'gnome-settins-daemon'
Jan 20 14:47:47 arch64 gnome-session[398]: Entering running state
Jan 20 14:48:06 arch64 gnome-keyring-daemon[590]: couldn't register in session: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
Jan 20 14:48:06 arch64 gnome-keyring-daemon[590]: couldn't set environment variable in session: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
Jan 20 14:48:06 arch64 gnome-keyring-daemon[590]: couldn't set environment variable in session: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
Jan 20 14:48:06 arch64 gnome-keyring-daemon[590]: couldn't set environment variable in session: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
Jan 20 14:48:06 arch64 gnome-keyring-daemon[590]: another secret service is running

Note the weird spelling in the first line: "Unable to find required component 'gnome-settins-daemon'"   

a) What's going on there, and b) do you think that's why the gnome-shell is failing?

[edit] Forgot to mention something very odd:   If I login to a gnome classic session, and press the "window" key, I get the gnome 3 interface--in that 'zoomed-out' appearance that you get when you press that button when you're in gnome 3.  (Imprecise language, but you know what I mean?)

Last edited by wilberfan (2014-01-20 23:11:15)

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wilberfan

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From: So. Cal

Registered: 2010-12-18

Posts: 264

Re: gnome-shell fails because of missing "gnome-settins-daemon" [sic]?

Is something asking for (literally) "gnome-settins-daemon" [sic], and therefore can't find it, or does something need "gnome-settings-daemon" but the error message just has a typo in it...?

And how do I tell which?

[edit] gnome-classic runs fine on this same system.  As does KDE and Mate.

Last edited by wilberfan (2014-01-24 20:08:32)

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wilberfan

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From: So. Cal

Registered: 2010-12-18

Posts: 264

Re: gnome-shell fails because of missing "gnome-settins-daemon" [sic]?

I completely uninstalled gnome, KDE and compiz.  Substituted nouveau for nvidia.  Reinstalled just gnome-shell and gnome-shell-extensions and they BOTH crash.   That "Oh no!" screen is worse than useless--it's fucking annoying.

If anyone wants to delete this thread--they're welcome to.

I'm done with GNOME on this machine for a good while...

Last edited by wilberfan (2014-01-25 00:15:10)

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