Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> writes:
> Hi Rene, > >> I attach the configuration file. > > Thanks. > >>> I rebase wip-gnome3.30 on top of the master branch and reconfigured, but >>> I cannot get GNOME to start. I deleted the slim-service-type and added >>> (gdm-service) to my configuration. >>> >>> I moved ~/.xsession out of the way, but after logging in GNOME still >>> won’t start. Could you share your configuration file that you used to >>> successfully start GNOME 3.30? >>> >> >> * I use wip-gnome3.30 branch and then apply the mentioned patches!. >> * I do not use the .xsession file. >> * After testing and reconfiguring my system several times some files in >> `/var/lib` were outdated; and renamed '/var/lib` and then reconfigured my >> system. > > I removed ~/.cache and ~/.config/gnome*, and I moved .xsession out of > the way, but I still cannot start GNOME. GDM comes up fine, but after > inputing my credentials the mouse cursor skips to the bottom right > corner and then I’m thrown back into the GDM login screen. > > There is nothing relevant in /var/lib, I think. > > I’ve also tried to do this in a VM, but everything is terribly slow, so > I can’t get past the GDM login screen. > > I’d be happy if other people could test this, too. If you have > suggestions on how I could debug this, please do let me know. Success! GNOME 3.30 works just fine. The gnome-shell segfaulted(!) because of stale state in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell. I think that’s terrible behaviour, but what can you do… We should announce this breaking change when the wip-gnome3.30 gets merged. -- Ricardo
