Gnome issue

mikerhiggins · 2014-03-17 20:50:22

Hi all, I am having an issue with Gnome - there is something wrong with the way windows and toolbars get rendered:

As you can see, the three items in the top-right hand corner are squished together, it is impossible to log out/shut down using the menu, for example. You can also see the notifications bar at the bottom is not being rendered correctly.

This doesn't happen every time I log in - sometimes everything is displayed correctly. I have tried reinstalling gnome (pacman -Runs gnome && pacman -S gnome), and this hasn't fixed it.

Please help!

Last edited by mikerhiggins (2014-03-17 21:00:55)

ishaanbahal · 2014-03-17 21:49:54

This started to happen after the last update with me too. Maybe something is broken..

All i do is Alt+F2 , r and everything becomes fine. But I too face this problem every now and then.

cb360 · 2014-03-19 21:11:23

I just installed a clean system (Gnome) today on my Thinkpad T400. No problems in the past but today I am getting the same thing the OP is. The shell menus are all messed up.

It actually looks like it is related to "Network Manager". I could not even connect to a wireless network until I disabled it and just used wifi-menu. what led me onto network manager was that I tried to install Cinnamon withe Network Manager and I could not connect to wireless. I installed Gnome thinking I was missing a dep but it screwed things up there even worse.

UPDATE: So I disabled Network Manager via systemd and I still get the messed up menus. I have to hit CTL-F2 and type restart as a command and the menus come back to normal. So, maybe it is GDM? Anyone have any ideas?

Last edited by cb360 (2014-03-19 21:57:13)

Thomas_Do · 2014-03-22 11:50:04

I have the same problem here! Could it be related to the graphics card/driver? I am using an "Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07) on my laptop"

dajonker · 2014-03-22 12:01:22

Same problemen here after running a complete update this morning. All my icons seem to be messed up, and the first time I enter my password in gdm it doesn't seem to work.

edit: the packages that were updated:

[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded readline (6.3-1 -> 6.3-3)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded bash (4.2.045-5 -> 4.3-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded bash-completion (2.1-2 -> 2.1-4)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-setuptools (2.2-1 -> 3.3-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-unidecode (0.04.13-3 -> 0.04.14-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded beets (1.3.2-1 -> 1.3.3-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded bluez (5.15-1 -> 5.16-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded bluez-libs (5.15-1 -> 5.16-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (208-11 -> 211-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded bluez-utils (5.15-1 -> 5.16-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libpulse (4.0-6 -> 5.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (33.0.1750.117-1 -> 33.0.1750.152-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.0.3-1 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libevdev (0.6-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded clutter (1.16.4-1 -> 1.16.4-3)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded coreutils (8.22-2 -> 8.22-3)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded dhclient (4.2.5.p1-3 -> 4.3.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (6.2.1-1 -> 6.3.2-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded dosfstools (3.0.25-1 -> 3.0.26-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.42.9-1 -> 1.42.9-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded file (5.17-1 -> 5.17-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded sqlite (3.8.3.1-1 -> 3.8.4.1-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded firefox (27.0.1-1 -> 28.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libpng (1.6.9-1 -> 1.6.10-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded freetype2 (2.5.2-1 -> 2.5.3-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded gdk-pixbuf2 (2.30.5-1 -> 2.30.6-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded git (1.9.0-1 -> 1.9.1-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded gnutls (3.2.12-1 -> 3.2.12.1-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded grub (1:2.02.beta2-1 -> 1:2.02.beta2-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded mjpegtools (2.0.0-4 -> 2.1.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded mpg123 (1.18.1-1 -> 1.19.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded soundtouch (1.7.1-1 -> 1.8.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded gst-plugins-bad (1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.3-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded gst-plugins-good (1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.3-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libibus (1.5.5-1 -> 1.5.6-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded ibus (1.5.5-1 -> 1.5.6-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded imagemagick (6.8.8.7-1 -> 6.8.8.9-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded keyutils (1.5.8-1 -> 1.5.9-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libarchive (3.1.2-4 -> 3.1.2-6)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libburn (1.3.4-1 -> 1.3.6.pl01-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libcups (1.7.1-3 -> 1.7.1-4)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libedit (20130601_3.1-1 -> 20140213_3.1-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libmbim (1.6.0-1 -> 1.8.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libmm-glib (1.2.0-2 -> 1.2.0-3)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libnl (3.2.23-1 -> 3.2.24-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libpng12 (1.2.50-4 -> 1.2.51-1)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-en-US (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-22 12:15] [PACMAN] upgraded python (3.3.4-1 -> 3.3.5-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-common (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-calc (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-gnome (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-impress (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-writer (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libunique (1.1.6-5 -> 1.1.6-6)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.0.3-1 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libva (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.1-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libwacom (0.8-1 -> 0.9-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded libwbclient (4.1.5-1 -> 4.1.6-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded util-linux (2.24.1-1 -> 2.24.1-3)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded mkinitcpio (16-2 -> 17-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.13.5-1 -> 3.13.6-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded man-pages (3.61-1 -> 3.63-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded minidlna (1.1.1-2 -> 1.1.2-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded modemmanager (1.2.0-2 -> 1.2.0-3)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded mono (3.2.3-2 -> 3.2.8-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded mx (1.4.6-1 -> 1.4.7-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded net-snmp (5.7.2.1-1 -> 5.7.2.1-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded nouveau-dri (10.0.3-1 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded ntfs-3g (2013.1.13-4 -> 2014.2.15-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded ntp (4.2.6.p5-18 -> 4.2.6.p5-19)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded orbit2 (2.14.19-2 -> 2.14.19-3)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded parted (3.1-3 -> 3.1-4)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded pulseaudio (4.0-6 -> 5.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded python-setuptools (2.2-1 -> 3.3-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-markupsafe (0.18-2 -> 0.19-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded s-nail (14.6.1-1 -> 14.6.2-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded talloc (2.0.8-2 -> 2.1.0-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded tevent (0.9.19-1 -> 0.9.21-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded smbclient (4.1.5-1 -> 4.1.6-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded sudo (1.8.9.p5-1 -> 1.8.10.p2-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded webkitgtk (2.2.5-1 -> 2.2.5-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded sushi (3.10.0-1 -> 3.10.0-2)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (208-11 -> 211-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded telepathy-mission-control (5.16.0-1 -> 5.16.1-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded tzdata (2013i-1 -> 2014a-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded udisks2 (2.1.2-1 -> 2.1.3-1)
[2014-03-22 12:16] [PACMAN] upgraded yelp (3.10.1-2 -> 3.10.2-1)

I'm not quite sure what could have caused this.

Edit 2:
It might be related to gnome-extensions that seem to be out of date. Please check your extensions and update if necessary.

Last edited by dajonker (2014-03-22 12:32:48)

gantzgraf · 2014-03-23 10:23:07

I've been having this problem on my new desktop machine, for some reason my laptop doesn't have this problem. I can't add much but for what it's worth it's not gdm (I'm currently using kdm), it still occurs for me even if I disable all my extensions, and it occurs both when using my integrated graphics (Intel HD4600) and when using my Nvidia graphics card. Restarting gnome shell fixes it but it's getting annoying. I'd be very grateful if anyone can figure out the problem.

Edit: somehow I missed this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=178079&p=1

Last edited by gantzgraf (2014-03-23 10:32:47)

cb360 · 2014-03-23 15:15:34

Ugh, back to Debian. Can't afford the cutting edge for my daily driver....

mikerhiggins · 2014-04-01 20:49:17

Yep - I got a new desktop, with a different graphics card so can rule out so many things... But in the thread referenced by gantzgraf I found a reference to the git bug: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shel … 01a5c2b985

brittyazel · 2014-04-02 05:41:31

This is a very well known issue, and has been posted about numerous times. Now, the good news is that Gnome 3.12 is in the unstable repo's and should hit testing/stable in just a couple of days. In 3.12 I have not seen this issue, so it appears to be fixed.

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