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devinmcelheran

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Registered: 2014-11-30

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[Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

I'd like to have Gnome Shell up and running nicely, I've heard it plays well with touch screens and I like the way it looks. I'm running into a few post install issues.

I've installed Gnome, gnome-extra, and gnome-shell.

Terminal application crashes, and many Gnome apps that I've used in the past are no longer included.

I'm not a Linux Newbie, but I am new to Arch. On Debian and Mint when I installed Gnome Shell I got everything I expected. I know Arch is about minimalism and control, but I feel like I'm missing a few of the standard Gnome packages. I checked the Gnome Arch Wiki page and I don't seem to be missing anything, am I just being a newb here?

Thanks.

Last edited by devinmcelheran (2014-12-04 18:28:13)

ooo

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

You need to be more specific of what you're missing.

gnome-terminal crashing is usually caused by not using utf8 locale

devinmcelheran

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

I tried that, it had not been set to UTF-8, it is now and still the same. Any information I can give you to help you help me, I'll get it.

Thanks for the tip.

collisionsystm

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Registered: 2014-12-04

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

what is the output of

cat /etc/locale.conf

devinmcelheran

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

My /etc/locale.conf contains "LANG=en_US.UTF-8"

Is that right? I'm in Canada, we generally use US settings.

JohnBobSmith

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Registered: 2014-11-29

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

Yes, that is what I am using for my /etc/locale.conf too, and I'm from canada.

It could be possible you're missing packages. Is the terminal emulator crashing? Are other applications crashing? How did you go about installing the packages? You could try re-installing, and see if any new dependencies are picked up. Once I know exactly what application is crashing, I could try and help further. Just be warned, I'm a complete Arch noob too. Just trying to help a fellow user out.

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circleface

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

Try running the gnome terminal from another terminal and see if you get any useful error messages.

devinmcelheran

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

This is the output of running in another terminal:

Error constructing proxy for org.gnome.Terminal:/org/gnome/Terminal/Factory0: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.Terminal: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.Terminal exited with status 8

Is that at all helpful? Is there a log I can reference?

ooo

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

aside from the gnome-terminal issue, which has been discussed in plenty of other threads, can you be more specific what are the "standard Gnome packages" you are missing?

devinmcelheran

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

I think I was more mistaken about that. A lot of stuff has changed since the last time I used Gnome. But one thing I forgot to mention is the general lack of responsiveness. I'm running on a quadcore, 4GB RAM, and a brand new 550MB/s SSD (trim enabled). It's not horribe, but it doesn't seem like it should be.

Thanks again.

JohnBobSmith

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

Heres something hidden in the forums...

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=180103

Have you tried any or all of those solutions?

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devinmcelheran

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

I upgraded vte3 to vte3-git and still nothing. I don't think it's a locale issue. Most others with locale issues state in the error output that the locale isn't compatible with the C library, but mine doesn't.

loafer

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

What is the output of:

 localectl 

Have you tried running (with root privileges):

 locale-gen 

Followed by:

 localectl set-locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8" 

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devinmcelheran

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

localectl output:

System Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: n/a
      X11 Layout: n/a

locale-gen output:
Generating locales...
Generation complete.
(Terminal still won't open afterwards)

localectl set-locale LANG="en_US.UTF-8": No output, Terminal still not opening.

As I mentioned, I don't think it's a locale issue anymore. I've tried setting all my locale settings a few times, logging out, rebooting, so on. None of it seems to want to work. Is there a log I can reference?

Thanks again.

devinmcelheran

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Re: [Solved] Gnome Shell Post Install Issues

I was able to fix it by uncommenting charsets in /etc/locale.gen and rerunning locale-gen. Thanks for the help.