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x2b

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Registered: 2012-05-13

Posts: 22

[Solved] gnome-shell dumping core

Hello all,

I just installed arch on my laptop. I am trying to start gdm to start a new gnome session. Unfortunately I am stuck with a black screen. journalctl gives me the following stack traces:

Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname systemd-coredump[675]: Process 669 (gnome-session-f) of user 120 dumped core.
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 669:
                                             #0  0x00007fa9ccbcece9 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #1  0x00007fa9cca6a9e8 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #2  0x00007fa9cca7fad4 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #3  0x00007fa9cca6bd1c n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #4  0x00007fa9cca7f9fc n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #5  0x00007fa9cca7fa55 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #6  0x00007fa9cca6c682 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #7  0x00007fa9cc3d730f g_type_create_instance (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #8  0x00007fa9cc3b91fb n/a (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #9  0x00007fa9cc3bac0d g_object_newv (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #10 0x00007fa9cc3bb3c4 g_object_new (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #11 0x00007fa9cca87f3a n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #12 0x00007fa9ccc65da7 n/a (libgtk-3.so.0)
                                             #13 0x00007fa9cc3d730f g_type_create_instance (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #14 0x00007fa9cc3b91fb n/a (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #15 0x00007fa9cc3bac0d g_object_newv (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #16 0x00007fa9cc3bb3c4 g_object_new (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #17 0x0000000000401db3 n/a (gnome-session-failed)
                                             #18 0x00007fa9cbd13291 __libc_start_main (libc.so.6)
                                             #19 0x00000000004021ba n/a (gnome-session-failed)
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: RegisterClient 107c5d00679c9f5c148864217670575800000005990001
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Adding new client 107c5d00679c9f5c148864217670575800000005990001 to session
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): uid = 120
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): pid = 670
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): exporting client to object path: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): exporting dbus client to object path: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): GsmStore: Adding object id /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1 to store
Mar 04 16:42:58 hostname /usr/lib/gdm/gdm-x-session[586]: gnome-session-binary[599]: DEBUG(+): GsmManager: Client added: /org/gnome/SessionManager/Client1
--
Mar 04 16:42:59 hostname systemd-coredump[668]: Process 654 (gnome-shell) of user 120 dumped core.
                                             
                                             Stack trace of thread 654:
                                             #0  0x00007fb8239d6011 n/a (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                             #1  0x00007fb8239d7067 g_log_default_handler (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                             #2  0x00000000004024d8 n/a (gnome-shell)
                                             #3  0x00007fb8239d7374 g_logv (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                             #4  0x00007fb8239d757f g_log (libglib-2.0.so.0)
                                             #5  0x00007fb823ff2fbf n/a (libgio-2.0.so.0)
                                             #6  0x00007fb823cae583 n/a (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #7  0x00007fb823cafbf8 g_object_newv (libgobject-2.0.so.0)
                                             #8  0x00007fb825ced2c2 n/a (libgjs.so.0)
                                             #9  0x00007fb81f14f6fa n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #10 0x00007fb81f14fc6f n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #11 0x00007fb81f207c8d _Z20JS_CallFunctionValueP9JSContextP8JSObjectN2JS5ValueEjPS4_S5_ (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #12 0x00007fb825cdbb7e gjs_call_function_value (libgjs.so.0)
                                             #13 0x00007fb825ced95a n/a (libgjs.so.0)
                                             #14 0x00007fb81f14fea2 n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #15 0x00007fb81f1588c9 n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #16 0x00007fb81f158e78 n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #17 0x00007fb81f14f7c5 n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #18 0x00007fb81f261455 n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #19 0x00007fb81f14f6fa n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #20 0x00007fb81f14fc6f n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #21 0x00007fb81f3a433a n/a (libmozjs-24.so)
                                             #22 0x00007fb826a1eaa2 n/a (n/a)

Do you have any idea on how to fix this problem? Since I just set up the system I can't downgrade packages...

Last edited by x2b (2017-03-08 15:47:14)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,372

Re: [Solved] gnome-shell dumping core

Do you have any idea on how to fix this problem?

What is the output of

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

How is gnome being started?  Is this gnome on X or Wayland?  What configuration was done?
You also appear to have missed Installation_guide#Hostname

Since I just set up the system I can't downgrade packages...

Arch_Linux_Archive

x2b

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Registered: 2012-05-13

Posts: 22

Re: [Solved] gnome-shell dumping core

The output of lspci yields

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 520 (rev 07)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2238
	Kernel driver in use: i915
--
00:13.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Intel Corporation Device 9d35 (rev 21)
	Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2238
	Kernel driver in use: intel_ish_ipc

I have an intel card, therefore I installed xf86-video-intel

I set a valid hostname, I just did not want to share it

In this case I started gdm using the systemd service, i.e.

systemctl start gdm.service

.

The file

/etc/systemd/custom.conf

basically contains the line

WaylandEnable=false

to force X11. In addition I turned on the debugging option

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 17,372

Re: [Solved] gnome-shell dumping core

Have you done  Microcode#Enabling_Intel_microcode_updates?
You should not need the xf86-video-intel package without it the modesetting driver will be used.
If you use startx instead of gdm does gnome start successfully?
What is the journal output for gdm.service for one boot where the issue occurs?

x2b

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Registered: 2012-05-13

Posts: 22

Re: [Solved] gnome-shell dumping core

I had not enabled the updates until now, I installed intel-ucode and regenerated

grub.cfg

. So far it seems that the microcode is up to date.

I just saw the update to

gdm-3.22.2+6+g4c7af60f-1

. It seems like this update fixes the problem. I hope the problem does not reappear, I will let you know if it does.